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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lake 1999, p. 264.
- ↑ Delve 1994, p. 51.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 282.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, pp. 29-30.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 182.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 183.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 270.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lake 1999, pp. 270-271.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ashworth 1992, Appendix III
- 1 2 3 4 Lake 1999, p. 256.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 48.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ashworth 1992, Appendix IV
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Lake 1999, p. 87.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lake 1999, p. 259.
- 1 2 3 Lake 1999, p. 260.
- ↑ Lake 1999, pp. 87-88.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 257.
- 1 2 "Consolidated PBY Catalina in US Navy Service".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ashworth 1992, Appendix V
- ↑ name="RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin"
- 1 2 name=RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft, Kostenuk, Griffin
- 1 2 Matusiak 2007, p. 21.
- 1 2 3 Lake 1999, p. 262.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 90.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, p. 255.
- 1 2 Lake 1999, pp. 255-256.
- ↑ Lake 1999, p. 146.
- ↑ See also Order of battle 6 June 1944, including Nos 4,5,6,7,9, 131, 132 OTUs and . .
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