Corradi, Doris (1922–)

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Corradi, Doris (1922–)

English wireless and cipher operator. Born 1922; m. Guy Corradi (British Merchant Navy Service), 1949.

During WWII, lived in London until air raid demolished house (1940); learned Morse code and wireless operations at Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF); worked as morse slip reader at Chicksands; volunteered to help return Japanese ex-prisoners of war; later worked as cipher and teleprinter operator at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) at Eastcote. Member of Radio Society of Great Britain.