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- 1 2 3 Milestones of Flight Archived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Heritage appraisal of King's College Archived 2012-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Queen's Royal Surreys
- ↑ Glasgow Herald, 25 January 1927