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- 1 2 3 4 Mikesh & Abe 1990, p. 141
- ↑ Mikesh & Abe 1990 , p. 240
- Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910–1941. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.