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- ↑ Lewiston, Maine, "Brunswick and Lewiston Air Stations Observe First Anniversary", Lewiston Evening Journal, Magazine Section, Saturday 15 April 1944, page 1.
- ↑ "Lewiston Evening Journal - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "Maine History Online - 1920-1945 Countryside at Midcentury". Mainememory.net. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
- ↑ Roberts, Captain Michael D., MSC, USNR, "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2", Appendix 6, Patrol Squadron Shore Establishments, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., 2000, Library of Congress card 94-35647, page 740.
- ↑ Roberts, Captain Michael D., MSC, USNR, "Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2", Appendix 6, Patrol Squadron Shore Establishments, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., 2000, Library of Congress card 94-35647, page 744.
- ↑ history.navy.mil, Appendix 6 Patrol Squadron Shore Establishments
- ↑ "VA-155 | A-4 Skyhawk Association". A4skyhawk.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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