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- ↑ War Over Holland - The Airforce, article retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ↑ Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields in Europe - The Netherlands - Noord Holland - Middenmeer Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine , article retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Aerodrome information Middenmeer (Dutch only), issue 10 January 2008.
