Walter J. Boyne: The B-29’s Battle of Kansas. (PDF) In: Air Force Magazine. Air Force Association, Februar 2012, S. 94–97, abgerufen am 8. August 2021 (englisch): „The R-3350 got its real “test and development” in combat, where engine problems brought down more B-29s than the Japanese.“
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Industry Observer. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 25. Oktober 1948, S. 11, 13, abgerufen am 20. Mai 2021 (englisch): „Continuing the theopathic series of names for McDonnell aircraft […]“
Industry Observer. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 12. Januar 1948, S. 15, abgerufen am 7. Juni 2021 (englisch): „First McDonnell XP-85 parasite fighter is now undergoing full-scale wind tunnel tests at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory at Moffett Field […]“
Industry Observer. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 31. Mai 1948, S. 16, abgerufen am 13. Juni 2021 (englisch).
Industry Observer. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 20. September 1948, S. 7, abgerufen am 16. September 2021 (englisch): „Credit McDonnell test pilot Ed Shoch with saving that company’s XF-85 […]“
Imdustry Observer. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 27. Juni 1949, S. 11, abgerufen am 4. Oktober 2021 (englisch): „USAF has about given up on the McDonnell XF-85 Parasite fighter concluding that too high a degree of pilot skill is required to thread the barrel-shaped jet fighter onto the trapeze extended below the mother ship’s belly.“
Alexander McSurely: Defensive Air Patrols Urged By Gen. Kenney for U.S. Frontiers. Strategic Air Force commander recommends radar-equipped B-36 search missions as best aerial defense; predicts long-range fighter development. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 18. August 1947, S. 15, abgerufen am 20. August 2021 (englisch): „Gen. Kenney is doubtful of the value of the projected tiny parasite fighters because of difficulties of retrieving the planes after their small amount of fuel is used. If combat continues, the bomber which slows down to "latch on" to a spent fighter, is in jeopardy; it would be difficult for a fighter pilot to find the "mother" plane which he had originally left, and if lie hooked on to another, he would be taking the place of another parasite.“
USAF Builds Intercontinental Force. Activation of B-36 groups, plus refueling techniques, increase striking range and cause shift in emphasis. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 28. Februar 1949, S. 11–13, abgerufen am 20. August 2021 (englisch): „Kenney vs. LeMay — Much of the emphasis on the intercontinental bomber in current USAF activities can be traced to the shift of Lieut. Gen. Curtis LeMay to replace Gen. George Kenney, as commander of the Strategic Air Command.“
B-36 vs. Fighters—Analysis. In: Aviation News. Aviation Week, 21. März 1949, S. 7, abgerufen am 20. August 2021 (englisch): „Gen. Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, USAF Chief of Staff, states that his main concern now is not how to protect the B-36 against enemy fighters but how to develop USAF fighters capable of stopping a B-36 type assault on the United States.“
Characteristics Summary. Fighter XF-85. United States Air Force, 7. Juni 1949, abgerufen am 21. Mai 2021 (englisch, Datenblatt der Air Force mit technische Daten).
Richard D. Powers: Monstro and the Goblins. In: AAHS Journal. American Aviation Historical Society, 1973, S. 146–158, abgerufen am 14. Juni 2021 (englisch).
Summary Report of EB-29B Utilization. (PDF) In: Report No. 1179. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation – Muroc, 23. Mai 1949, abgerufen am 8. August 2021 (englisch).
