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References
- Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank (1993). Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street Publishing. ISBN 978-0-948817-54-0.
- Guttman, Jon (2002). SPAD XII/XIII aces of World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1841763160, 9781841763163.
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