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Source ISBN: 9780008238971
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Version: 2018-04-09
For the five nurses who were killed on 10th September 1940 when a bomb completely destroyed the Nurses’ Wing at St Thomas’ Hospital (I have changed their names in the novel).
To all Dr Barnardo’s children during the Second World War who were the inspiration for this series.
Lastly, to all those who served in the RAF’s Coastal Command.
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