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- 1 2 3 "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ↑ "Remembering The Airfield And Pilots Of East Harwich". Cape Cod Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ massgis.maps.arcgis.com https://massgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=47689963e7bb4007961676ad9fc56ae9#! . Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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