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===''Luftwaffe'' Enigma=== Although the German army, SS, police, and railway all used Enigma with similar procedures, it was the ''Luftwaffe'' (Air Force) that was the first and most fruitful source of Ultra intelligence during the war. The messages were decrypted in [[Hut 6]] at Bletchley Park and turned into intelligence reports in [[Hut 3]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Calvocoressi|2001|p=74}}</ref> The network code-named 'Red' at Bletchley Park was broken regularly and quickly from 22 May 1940 until the end of hostilities. Indeed, the Air Force section of Hut 3 expected the new day's Enigma settings to have been established in Hut 6 by breakfast time. The relative ease of solving this network's settings was a product of plentiful cribs and frequent German operating mistakes.<ref>{{Harvnb|Calvocoressi|2001|p=87}}</ref> Luftwaffe chief [[Hermann Göring]] was known to use it for trivial communications, including informing squadron commanders to make sure the pilots he was going to decorate had been properly deloused. Such messages became known as "Göring funnies" to the staff at Bletchley Park.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
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