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- ↑ Vickers Aircraft since 1908 London: Putnam
- ↑ "Vickers Boxkite and EFB1". BAE Systems | International. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ "Vickers Boxkite and EFB1". BAE Systems | United Kingdom. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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