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- ↑ Descriptions of airports and landing fields in the United States. Airway bulletin ;no. 2. United States Government Printing Office. 1938.
- ↑ Search for "Boston aeronautical chart" at the Library of Congress site, loc.gov . The airport is in the 1953 Aviation Week airport directory; it's not in the 1954-55.
- ↑ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southwestern Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.