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Pictured for the first time: The women code-breakers who operated the world’s first electronic computer during Second World War

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A rare picture of a team of women code-breakers who operated the world’s first electronic computer during the Second World War has been uncovered on the machine’s 70th anniversary.

The photo, which has never before been seen, has been kept hidden in a bureau by Joanna Chorley for seven decades.

The 88-year-old was part of the Colossus C watch at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire during the Second World War and one of the world’s first computer operators.

The team of women code-breakers who worked in Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in 1945. Joanna Chorley is pictured standing far right

The team of women code-breakers who worked in Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in 1945. Joanna Chorley is pictured standing far right

Ms Chorley was part of the Colossus C watch at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and one of the world's first computer operators

Ms Chorley was part of the Colossus C watch at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and one of the world’s first computer operators

She found the picture of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (Wrens), which shows her

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