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Generally, entries are listed in alphabetical order. However, this may be ignored in the case of a single series of books written by different authors to preserve the associations between the works. In this case, the series is listed alphabetically by the name of the author of the first volume in the series.
Generally, entries are listed in alphabetical order. However, this may be ignored in the case of a single series of books written by different authors to preserve the associations between the works. In this case, the series is listed alphabetically by the name of the author of the first volume in the series.
The pages 241–243 in the bibliography of the book ''Hidden Warbirds II'' by Nicholas A. Veronico were a partial inspiration for the wrecks section as well as the source of many of the entries in it.


== Airports ==
== Airports ==
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* {{cite book |last1=Thole |first1=Lou |title=Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now |volume=3 |date=2003 |publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company |location=Missoula, Montana}}
* {{cite book |last1=Thole |first1=Lou |title=Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now |volume=3 |date=2003 |publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company |location=Missoula, Montana}}
* {{cite book |last1=Thole |first1=Lou |title=Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now |volume=4 |date=2007 |publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company |location=Missoula, Montana}}
* {{cite book |last1=Thole |first1=Lou |title=Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Then and Now |volume=4 |date=2007 |publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company |location=Missoula, Montana}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Shaw |editor1-first=Frederick J. |title=Locating Air Force Base Sites: History’s Legacy |date=2014 |publisher=United States Air Force, Air Force History and Museums Program |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/28/2001330145/-1/-1/0/Locating%20AF%20Base%20Sites%20Final_2014.pdf |access-date=25 October 2026}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Shaw |editor1-first=Frederick J. |title=Locating Air Force Base Sites: History's Legacy |date=2014 |publisher=United States Air Force, Air Force History and Museums Program |location=Washington, D.C. |url=http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/28/2001330145/-1/-1/0/Locating%20AF%20Base%20Sites%20Final_2014.pdf |access-date=25 October 2026}}
* {{cite book |last1=Shettle |first1=M. L. |title=Florida's Army Air Fields of World War II |date=2009 |publisher=Schaertel Publishing |location=Bowersville, Georgia}}
* {{cite book |last1=Shettle |first1=M. L. |title=Florida's Army Air Fields of World War II |date=2009 |publisher=Schaertel Publishing |location=Bowersville, Georgia}}
* {{cite book |last1=Shettle |first1=M. L. |title=Georgia's Army Air Fields of World War II |date=2005 |publisher=Schaertel Publishing |location=Bowersville, Georgia}}
* {{cite book |last1=Shettle |first1=M. L. |title=Georgia's Army Air Fields of World War II |date=2005 |publisher=Schaertel Publishing |location=Bowersville, Georgia}}
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* [http://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk Airfield Research Group]
* [http://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk Airfield Research Group]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020329073940/http://www.controltowers.co.uk Control Towers]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020329073940/http://www.controltowers.co.uk Control Towers]
* [http://www.flugplaetze-der-luftwaffe.de Flugplätze der Luftwaffe, 1934 – 1945]{{efn|Website for books authored by Jürgen Zapf in section below.}}
* [http://www.flugplaetze-der-luftwaffe.de Flugplätze der Luftwaffe, 1934 – 1945]{{efn|Website for books authored by Jürgen Zapf in section above.}}
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/EinrichtungenLuftwaffe/Fliegerhorste/Gliederung.htm Lexikon der Wehrmacht: Fliegerhorste der Luftwaffe]
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/EinrichtungenLuftwaffe/Fliegerhorste/Gliederung.htm Lexikon der Wehrmacht: Fliegerhorste der Luftwaffe]
* [http://www.mil-airfields.de MAD Airfields Germany]{{efn|Also known as Flugplätze in Deutschland.}}
* [http://www.mil-airfields.de MAD Airfields Germany]{{efn|Also known as Flugplätze in Deutschland.}}
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* {{cite book |last1=Windrow |first1=Martin |title=Luftwaffe Colour Schemes and Markings, 1935-45 |volume=1 |date=1971 |publisher=Osprey Publications |location=New York, New York |isbn=668 02307 4}}
* {{cite book |last1=Windrow |first1=Martin |title=Luftwaffe Colour Schemes and Markings, 1935-45 |volume=1 |date=1971 |publisher=Osprey Publications |location=New York, New York |isbn=668 02307 4}}
* {{cite book |last1=Windrow |first1=Martin |title=Luftwaffe Colour Schemes and Markings, 1935-45 |volume=2 |date=1971 |publisher=Osprey Publications |location=New York, New York |isbn=668 02308 2}}
* {{cite book |last1=Windrow |first1=Martin |title=Luftwaffe Colour Schemes and Markings, 1935-45 |volume=2 |date=1971 |publisher=Osprey Publications |location=New York, New York |isbn=668 02308 2}}
== Specifications ==
* [http://www.aerofiles.com/atc.html Aerofiles: Approved Type Certificates]
=== Aircraft Performance ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20221004024209/http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/SAC.htm Alternate Wars: Standard Aircraft Characteristic Archive]{{efn|Website changed name to General Staff, but [http://www.generalstaff.org/CDA/Aircraft.htm corresponding page] on new domain lacks majority of files.}}
* {{cite book |title=Japanese Aircraft Performance & Characteristics |date=June 1945 |publisher=Technical Air Intelligence Center |location=NAS Anacostia, D.C. |url=http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll8/id/4531 |access-date=26 October 2026 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260811231518/http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll8/id/4531 |archive-date=11 August 2026}}
* [http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org WWII Aircraft Performance]
=== Materials and Parts ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20211116220024/https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/resources.htm Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research: Aviation Archaeology Resources]
* {{cite book |title=Numerical List of US Air Force, Air Force-Navy Aeronautical and Military (MS) Standards Sheet Form |date=1 March 1956 |publisher=Headquarters, Wright Air Development Center |location=Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/j1indjwis1 |access-date=26 October 2026}}
* [http://www.silverbiplanes.com/standards.html Silver Biplanes: Standards]
* [http://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage]


== Units ==
== Units ==
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== Wrecks ==
== Wrecks ==
{{efn|The pages 241–243 in the bibliography of the book ''Hidden Warbirds II'' by Nicholas A. Veronico were a partial inspiration for this section as well as the source of many of the entries in it.}}
=== Books ===
=== Books ===
* {{cite book |last1=Chorley |first1=W. R. |title=Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1940 |volume=1 |date=1992 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications |location=Leicester}}
* {{cite book |last1=Chorley |first1=W. R. |title=Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1940 |volume=1 |date=1992 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications |location=Leicester}}
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* {{cite book |last1=Denham |first1=Terry |title=World Directory of Airliner Crashes: A Comprehensive Record of More Than 10,000 Passenger Aircraft Accidents |date=1996 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location=Sparkford, Somerset |isbn=1 85260 554 5}}
* {{cite book |last1=Denham |first1=Terry |title=World Directory of Airliner Crashes: A Comprehensive Record of More Than 10,000 Passenger Aircraft Accidents |date=1996 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location=Sparkford, Somerset |isbn=1 85260 554 5}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hobson |first1=Chris |title=Vietnam Air Losses: United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973 |date=2001 |publisher=Midland Publishing |location=Hinckley |isbn=1-85780-115-6}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hobson |first1=Chris |title=Vietnam Air Losses: United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973 |date=2001 |publisher=Midland Publishing |location=Hinckley |isbn=1-85780-115-6}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mireles |first1=Anthony J. |title=Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941–1945 |volume=1 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mireles |first1=Anthony J. |title=Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941–1945 |volume=1 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}{{efn|name=WarbirdCrash|The website for the books is [http://web.archive.org/web/20131102082444/http://www.warbirdcrash.com Warbird Crash].}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mireles |first1=Anthony J. |title=Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941–1945 |volume=2 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mireles |first1=Anthony J. |title=Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941–1945 |volume=2 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}{{efn|name=WarbirdCrash}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mireles |first1=Anthony J. |title=Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941–1945 |volume=3 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}
* {{cite book |last1=Mireles |first1=Anthony J. |title=Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941–1945 |volume=3 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}{{efn|name=WarbirdCrash}}


=== Websites ===
=== Websites ===
* http://www.aircraftwrecks.com
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20160318141905/http://www.qnet.com/~carcomm/wrecks.htm Aircraft Wrecks in Southern California]
* http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com
* [http://www.aviationarchaeology.com Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research]
* http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk (see also http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/index.htm)
* [http://www.mewreckchasers.com/listnote.html Aviation Archaeology in Maine: State of Maine Military Aircraft Crash List, 1919 – 1989]
* http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
* [http://www.nfhwa.org/hampshire-air-crashes New Forest & Hampshire Wartime Association: Hampshire Aircraft Accidents, Crashes, & Incidents]
* http://web.archive.org/web/20071009114627/http://www.coloradoaviationarchaeology.org ''or'' http://web.archive.org/web/20120308203352/http://www.coloradoaviationarchaeology.com
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20170201152417/http://www.okwreckchasing.org/database.htm Oklahoma Wreckchasing: Oklahoma Crash Database]
* http://web.archive.org/web/20100529112609/http://www.lostflights.org
* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com Pacific Wrecks]
* http://www.mewreckchasers.com
* [http://www.stridsminjar.is World War II Crash Sites in Iceland]
* http://www.nfhwa.org/hampshire-air-crashes
* http://web.archive.org/web/20190411051328/http://www.okwreckchasing.org
* http://www.pacificwrecks.com
* http://www.projectrecover.org
* http://web.archive.org/web/20160318141905/http://www.qnet.com/~carcomm/wrecks.htm
* http://www.stridsminjar.is
* http://www.thexhunters.com
* http://www.tighar.org
* http://washingtonwreckchasing.blogspot.com
* http://web.archive.org/web/20131102082444/http://www.warbirdcrash.com
* http://www.wreckchasing.com


== To Do ==
== To Do ==
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* Airports
* Airports
** http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Timelines/Korea/USAFKSites.pdf
** http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Timelines/Korea/USAFKSites.pdf
** [http://www.37trw.af.mil/About/History/USAF-Installation-Master-Plans-1953 USAF Installations Master Plans 1953]{{efn|For higher quality version, see [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q{{=}}USAF+Installations+Master+Plans]}}
** [http://www.37trw.af.mil/About/History/USAF-Installation-Master-Plans-1953 USAF Installations Master Plans 1953]{{efn|For higher quality version, see the [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q{{=}}USAF+Installations+Master+Plans David Rumsey Map Collection].}}
** {{cite book |title=Airdromes Guide: Southwest Pacific Area |date=1 December 1944 |publisher=Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, A-3 Headquarters, Far East Air Forces |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/sept2genaca}}
** {{cite book |title=Airdromes Guide: Southwest Pacific Area |date=1 December 1944 |publisher=Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, A-3 Headquarters, Far East Air Forces |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/sept2genaca}}
** {{cite book |title=Directory of Airports and Seaplane Bases |date=1 September 1939 |publisher=U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011395941}}{{efn|Divided into seven parts based on region.}}
** {{cite book |title=Directory of Airports and Seaplane Bases |date=1 September 1939 |publisher=U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011395941}}{{efn|Divided into seven parts based on region.}}
** {{cite book |title=Airport Directory: Continental United States |volume=1 |publisher=Aeronautical Chart Service, Army Air Forces |location=Washington, D.C. |url=http://www.airforcebase.net/temp/1945-Airport_Directory_CONUS_Vol_1_AL-KY.pdf |access-date=26 October 2026 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180913135103/http://www.airforcebase.net/temp/1945-Airport_Directory_CONUS_Vol_1_AL-KY.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2018}}{{efn|Alternate version available from [http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/airdirvol1 AirCorps Library].}}
** {{cite book |title=Airport Directory: Continental United States |volume=2 |publisher=Aeronautical Chart Service, Army Air Forces |location=Washington, D.C. |url=http://www.airforcebase.net/temp/1945-Airport_Directory_CONUS_Vol_2_LA-SD.pdf |access-date=26 October 2026 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180913135103/http://www.airforcebase.net/temp/1945-Airport_Directory_CONUS_Vol_2_LA-SD.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2018}}{{efn|Alternate version available from [http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/airdirvol2 AirCorps Library].}}
** {{cite book |title=Airport Directory: Continental United States |volume=3 |publisher=Aeronautical Chart Service, Army Air Forces |location=Washington, D.C. |url=http://www.airforcebase.net/temp/1945-Airport_Directory_CONUS_Vol_3_OH-WY.pdf |access-date=26 October 2026 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180913135105/http://www.airforcebase.net/temp/1945-Airport_Directory_CONUS_Vol_3_OH-WY.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2018}}{{efn|Alternate version available from [http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/airdirvol3 AirCorps Library].}}
** http://www.forgottensquadron.com/?page_id=290
** http://www.forgottensquadron.com/?page_id=290
** http://www.owlsnest.eu/apsearch.php
** http://www.owlsnest.eu/apsearch.php
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** {{cite book |last1=Douglas |first1=W. A. B. |title=The Creation of a National Air Force |volume=2 |date=1986 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-2584-6 |url=http://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/popular-books/creation-national-air-force.html |access-date=28 October 2024}}
** {{cite book |last1=Douglas |first1=W. A. B. |title=The Creation of a National Air Force |volume=2 |date=1986 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-2584-6 |url=http://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/popular-books/creation-national-air-force.html |access-date=28 October 2024}}
** {{cite book |last1=Greenhous |first1=Brereton |last2=Harris |first2=Stephen J. |last3=Johnston |first3=William C. |last4=Rawling |first4=William G. P. |title=The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 |volume=3 |date=1994 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-0574-8 |url=http://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/popular-books/crucible-war-1939-1945.html |access-date=28 October 2024}}
** {{cite book |last1=Greenhous |first1=Brereton |last2=Harris |first2=Stephen J. |last3=Johnston |first3=William C. |last4=Rawling |first4=William G. P. |title=The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 |volume=3 |date=1994 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-0574-8 |url=http://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/popular-books/crucible-war-1939-1945.html |access-date=28 October 2024}}
* Specifications
** https://web.archive.org/web/20240804165040/http://www.aerofiles.com/atc.html
** Aircraft Performance
*** http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org
*** http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/SAC.htm, http://www.generalstaff.org/CDA/Aircraft.htm
*** http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll8/id/4531
** Materials and Parts
*** https://web.archive.org/web/20211116220024/https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/resources.htm
*** http://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html
*** http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/j1indjwis1
*** http://www.silverbiplanes.com/standards.html
* Statistics
* Statistics
** http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/a/aviation-personnel-fatalities-in-world-war-ii.html
** http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/a/aviation-personnel-fatalities-in-world-war-ii.html
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** {{cite book |last1=Mathews |first1=Johannes |last2=Foreman |first2=John |title=Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims |volume=4 |date=2015 |publisher=Red Kite |location=Walton-on-Thames, Surrey}}
** {{cite book |last1=Mathews |first1=Johannes |last2=Foreman |first2=John |title=Luftwaffe Aces: Biographies and Victory Claims |volume=4 |date=2015 |publisher=Red Kite |location=Walton-on-Thames, Surrey}}
** {{cite book |title=USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, World War II |date=1978 |publisher=Office of Air Force History, Headquarters, United States Air Force |url=http://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA542272 |access-date=7 May 2026}}
** {{cite book |title=USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, World War II |date=1978 |publisher=Office of Air Force History, Headquarters, United States Air Force |url=http://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA542272 |access-date=7 May 2026}}
* Wrecks
** [http://washingtonwreckchasing.blogspot.com Aircraft Losses in Washington State]
** [http://www.aircraftwrecks.com Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of the American West]
** [http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk British Aviation Archaeological Council]{{efn|See also the [http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/index.htm Midland Aircraft Recovery Group] subpage.}}
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20071009114627/http://www.coloradoaviationarchaeology.org Colorado Aviation Archaeology] ''or'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20120308203352/http://www.coloradoaviationarchaeology.com Colorado Aviation Archaeology]
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20100529112609/http://www.lostflights.org LostFlights]
** [http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com Military Aircraft Wrecks in Arizona, California and the Southwest]
** [http://www.projectrecover.org Project Recover]{{efn|Formerly known as The Bent Prop Project.}}
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20201112032430/http://www.arizonawrecks.com Southwestern Aircraft Archaeology]
** [http://www.thexhunters.com The X-Hunters]
** [http://www.tighar.org TIGHAR]
** [http://www.wreckchasing.com Wreckchasing]
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