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References
- Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell F.; Alegi, Gregory (1997). Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914-1918. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 9781898697565.
- Guttman, Jon (2007). Bristol F.2 Fighter Aces of World War I. Oxford, Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-201-1