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- ↑ Air Commodore J. M. Steel of the Air Ministry and with Colonel W. H. Bartholomew of the War Office
- ↑ Routledge 1994 , p. 41.
- ↑ "p. 62" A Short History of the Royal Air Force, Chapter 2, The Inter War Years, 1919–1939 Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Routledge 1994 , pp. 44–46.
- ↑ "p. 87" A Short History of the Royal Air Force, Chapter 2, The Inter War Years, 1919–1939 Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "British Military Aviation in 1936" RAF Museum Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Routledge 1994 , pp. 58–61
- ↑ Routledge 1994 , pp. 64–67.
- ↑ "British Military Aviation in 1943 – Part 4" RAF Museum Archived 13 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "British Military Aviation in 1944 – Part 5" RAF Museum Archived 13 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – RAF Commands formed between 1920–1935". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
