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Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Tapper 1973 , pp. 110–112, 116
- ↑ Tapper 1973, p. 116
- 1 2 Bruce 1957, pp. 511–512
Bibliography
- Bruce, J.M. (1957). British Aeroplanes 1914–18. London: Putnam.
- Tapper, Oliver (1973). Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft since 1913. London: Putnam Publishing. ISBN 0-370-10004-2.