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V2 rocket code woman's life story

A woman whose talent for maths helped foil German V2 bombs in World War II has published her life story.

Eileen Younghusband, 87, from the Vale of Glamorgan, received the coded message that the first V2 rocket had been launched against Britain.

She had the secret task while in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).

Her book, Not An Ordinary Life has been published with the help of the Lifelong Learning centre at Cardiff University.
Read entire article at BBC