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- ↑ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 79. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.
- ↑ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 109. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.
- ↑ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 120. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.
- ↑ Historia de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina Tomo VI "La Fuerza Aérea en Malvinas" Volumen I. 1998. p. 179. ISBN 987-96654-4-9.