Использованные документы:

Fighter Director, Task Force 17, Communication Log , 4 June 1942.

Commander, Fighting Squadron Three, Action with enemy report No. 1 , 4 June, 1942.

Commander, Fighting Squadron Three, Action with enemy report No. 2 , 4 June, 1942.

Commander-in-Chief, First Air Fleet, Detailed Battle Report No. 6 , 15 June, 1942.

Commanding Officer, U.S.S. YORKTOWN, Report of Action on May 8, 1942 , 25 May 1942.

Commanding Officer, U.S.S. YORKTOWN, Report of Action for June 4-6 1942 , 18 June 1942.

Commanding Officer, U.S.S. HORNET, Report of Action -- 4-6 June 1942 , 13 June 1942.

赤城飛行機隊戦闘行動調書 (Tactical operation records, Warship Akagi Flying Squad) , 4 June, 1942.

Intelligence Services, U. S. Army Air Forces, “Informational Intelligence Summary No. 85” , 1942.

Bureau of Aeronautics, “Airplane Performance Data. Model: F4F-3” , August 14, 1942.

Bureau of Aeronautics, “Airplane Performance Data. Models: F4F-4, FM-1” , July 1, 1943.

War Damage Report No. 25, U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-5), Loss in Action , 9 March 1943.

Использованная литература:

Office of Naval Intelligence, “Early Raids in the Pacific Ocean. February 1 to March 10, 1942” , 1943.

(戦史叢書) ミッドウェ—海戦, «(История войны) Морское сражение при Мидуэе» , 1971.

U.S. Naval Institute, “The Reminiscences of Admiral John S. Thach, U.S. Navy (Retired)” , 1977.

John B. Lundstrom, “The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway” , 1984.

American Fighter Aces Association, “Elbert Scott McCuskey, Oral History Interview” , 1990.

John B. Lundstrom, “The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign” , 1994.

John Prados, “Combined Fleet Decoded” , 1995.

Tom Cheek, “A Ring of Coral” , 1999.

“Internet Modeler” Magazine, “Interview with Cmdr. Tom Cheek” , 2002.

Steve Ewing, “Thach Weave: The Life of Jimmie Thach” , 2004.

Jonathan B. Parshall, Anthony B. Tully  “Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway”, 2005.

Dallas W. Isom,  “Midway Inquest: Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway” , 2007.

Barrett Tillman, “US Marine Corps Fighter Squadrons of World War II”, 2014.