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- ↑ "Clarance Ace Bragunier" . Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ↑ Skyways. October 2001.Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Flying Magazine. December 1947.Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Thompson Faq" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ↑ "Earl Ortman" . Retrieved 17 November 2011.
