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- 1 2 3 4 "Wing Commander 'Buster' Briggs". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "Wing Commander Geoffrey Harry Buster BRIGGS DFC". Royal Air Force Group Squadrons.
- ↑ "Royal Air Force (RAF) Officers 1939-1945". Unit Histories.