Convair B-36 Peacemaker (English Wikipedia)

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"Peacemaker Name Certificate." Archived 26 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine 7th Bomb Wing B-36 Association. Retrieved: 28 August 2010.
Knaack, Marcelle Size (1988). Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force aircraft and missile systems (PDF) (Technical report). Vol. II Post World War II Bombers. Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799595. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2023 – via media.defense.gov.
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"Operation Castle: Report of Commander, Task Group 7.1, p. 24 (extract version)". Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine. worf.eh.doe.gov, 1 February 1980. Retrieved: 23 September 2007.
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"Convair YB-36G (YB-60) 'Peacemaker'." Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine AeroWeb. Retrieved: 15 May 2010.
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"B-36 Peacemaker, s/n 52-2217." Archived 31 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine SAC Museum. Retrieved: 15 May 2010.
Lockett, Brian. "Convair B-36 Crash Reports and Wreck Sites." Goleta Air and Space Museum, air-and-space.com. Retrieved: 15 May 2010.
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"B-36 fleet destroyed by tornado." Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine cotown.net, 27 August 2007. Retrieved: 4 April 2012.
Pyeatt, Don. "Interview with copilot." Archived 18 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine cotown.net, 31 August 1998. Retrieved: 15 May 2010.
Adler, Les. "Albuquerque's Near-Doomsday." Archived 15 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Albuquerque Tribune, 20 January 1994. Retrieved: 10 August 2009.
"Factsheet:Convair B-36J" Archived 6 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine. National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved: 8 October 2010.
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