Archaeological survey of underwater aircraft crash sites in and around the UK, with some interesting examples http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/files/2008/03/aircraft_crash-sites_at_sea_report.pdf

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Pensacola museum restoring Lake Michigan F6F combat veteran. One of the many FAA pilots, trained on Seafires, who transitioned to F6F Hellcats, said it was like going “from a racehorse to a carthorse” (but it could carry more longer distances). http://www.weartv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/national-aviation-museum-celebrates-50th-anniversary-36521.shtml

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/28/world-war-ii-airman-missing-since-144-to-be-buried-with-full-military-honors/

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News article on Britain’s equivalent of Germany’s underground factories, only these were built under the Shadow Factories described in THE DECISIVE DUEL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424974/Second-World-War-tunnels-safe-German-bombers-British-workers-munitions-Britain-defeat-Hitler.html

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Ki-43 Oscar being rebuilt in Japan. This highly maneuverable Japanese Army fighter clashed with Spitfires often over Burma and, on one occasion, Australia. http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2013092400663

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BBC video report on The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-23669402

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Article on the “Mark XXX” Spitfires that flew beer into the beachhead in Normandy (as discussed in THE DECISIVE DUEL). http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/spitfire-was-used-in-an-unorthodox-role-bringing-beer-kegs-to-the-men-in-normandy.html

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Excellent photo of the oldest surviving Messerschmitt-designed airplane, a 1923 M17, at the museum in Munich. Willy made reference to this specific airplane in a 1960 interview I used as a source in THE DECISIVE DUEL. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Messerschmitt-M-17/2315579/M/

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-24014451

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http://muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Naval_av_hist_e.pdf available for download on the Internet: A HISTORY OF CANADIAN NAVAL AVIATION 1918-1962 by J. D. F. KEALY and E. C. RUSSELL The Naval Historical Section Canadian Forces Headquarters Department of National Defence Ottawa 1965 This is the first edition but still useful. The RCN Spitfires show up on p. 36.

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