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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1912:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1913:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1914.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1915:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1916:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1918:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1919:
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References
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 396.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), pp. 31–35.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 405.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 408.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 415.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 77.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 402.
- 1 2 Thetford (1994), p. 403.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 397.
- ↑ Thetford (1994), p. 398.
- 1 2 Thetford (1994), p. 400.
- 1 2 Thetford (1994), p. 406.
Bibliography
- Thetford, Owen (1994). British Naval Aircraft Since 1912. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-861-5.
