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- 1 2 3 4 "L'avion d'école de début Morane-Saulnier 301". L'Aéronautique. December 1930.
- ↑ "L'Aéro-club d'Auvergne ..." Les Ailes (469): 8. 12 June 1930.
- ↑ "Les Fêtes de Clairmont-Ferrand". Les Ailes (473): 1. 10 July 1930.
- 1 2 "Morane Saulnier". L'Aérophile Salon 1930: 113. December 1930.
- ↑ Simpson, Rod (2001). Airlife's World Aircraft. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd. p. 385. ISBN 1-84037-115-3.