3Ruud 2005, p. 8.
4Ibid., pp. 8–15.
5Butler, Phil, War Prizes: An Illustrated Survey of German, Italian and Japanese Aircraft brought to Allied Countries During and After the Second World War, Midland Counties Publications, Leicester, 1994, p. 109.
6Ruud 2005, p. 17.
7Ibid.
8Butler 1994, p. 77.
9Ibid., p. 89.
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