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- 1 2 3 4 Moyes 1976, pp. 111–112
- 1 2 3 4 Halley 1988, p. 152
- ↑ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 13
- ↑ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 103
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , p. 33
- ↑ Lewis 1959 , p. 44
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , pp. 33–34
- 1 2 Lewis 1959 , p. 45
- 1 2 3 4 Thomas 1996 , p. 34
- 1 2 3 Bowyer 1974 , p. 484.
- ↑ Bowyer 1974 , p. 52
- ↑ Blair 2000 , p. 146
- ↑ Nicholas 2019 , p. 44
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , pp. 34–35
- ↑ Richards 1953 , p. 129
- ↑ Nicholas 2019 , p. 41
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , p. 35
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , pp. 35–36
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , pp. 36–37
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , pp. 37–38
- ↑ Thomas 1996 , p. 38
- ↑ "No 81–85 Squadron Histories". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- 1 2 Thomas 1996 , p. 39
- 1 2 "82 Squadron". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- 1 2 Jefford 2001 , p. 53
- ↑ A satellite field for Watton
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