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- ↑ "RAF Reservists Celebrate 25 Years". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ↑ "4626 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron | RAF Heraldry Trust". www.rafht.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ "4626 County of Wiltshire Aeromedical - Reserves". raf.mod.uk. 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ Gustafson, Oskar (5 November 2012). "On a Wing and a Prayer". Wiltshire Life. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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