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- ↑ "Handley Page H.P.100". Handleypage.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2003. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ↑ "Handley Page H.P.100", Military Aircraft Database, 10 December 2004, archived from the original on 10 December 2004
- ↑ "or3302". Skomer.u-net.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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