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- ↑ "Aviators' Certificates". Flight . VII (356): 806. 22 October 1915. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- Bibliography
- Guttman, Jon & Dempsey, Harry (2009). Pusher Aces of World War I. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-417-6.