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- ↑ "civil aviation | ministry | air ministry | 1954 | 0070 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
- ↑ Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal: Judgment re claim for increase of salary scales for Fire Service Officers employed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, 15 March 1952
