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References
- Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. ISBN 0-948817-19-4, ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9.
- William Barker, VC: The Life, Death and Legend of Canada's Most Decorated War Hero. Wayne Ralph. John Wiley and Sons, 2007. ISBN 0-470-83967-8, ISBN 978-0-470-83967-6.
- 1 2 "Lieutenant William Myron MacDonald". Canadian Great War Project. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- 1 2 "William MacDonald". theaerodrome.com.
- 1 2 3 Above the Trenches, p. 247.
- ↑ William Barker, VC, p. 105.
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 November 1918, p. 12969. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette, 6 January 1920, p. 201. Retrieved 15 December 2011.