Battle of Britain (9 page)

 

 

The author would like to thank RAF Duxford, the Imperial War Museum Sound, Film and Video, Photography and Document archives and Tim Collier of the RAF for their generous assistance.

For my sister, Bonny

 

While the events described and some of the characters in this book may be based on actual historical events and real people, Harry Woods is a fictional character, created by the author, and his story is a works of fiction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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First published in the UK by Scholastic Ltd, 2002

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Text © Chris Priestly, 2002

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