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The making of Billy Bishop the First World War exploits of Billy Bishop, VC / Brereton Greenhous.

Summary:

It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the height of the Great War. For this, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and a place in Canadian history. And yet, the attack never happened. In this explosive new biography, Brereton Greehous exposes the myth of Billy Bishop. While his bravery never comes into question (Bishop was as courageous as any of the men who risked their lives in those early warplanes) his credibility as a storyteller does. From exagger.

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  • ISBN: 9781550023909
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ont. : Dundurn Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- "The Greatest Game in the World"; Chapter 2 -- A Pilot at the Front; Chapter 3 -- Tricks of the Trade; Chapter 4 -- Flight of Fancy; Chapter 5 -- Flying High; Chapter 6 -- A Statistical Interlude; Chapter 7 -- "I Have Never Been So Furious in My Life"; Epilogue; Appendix -- Bishop's Citations for British Decorations; Endnotes; Publisher's Afterword; Index.
Subject: Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956.
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, British.
Fighter pilots > Canada > Biography.
Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956.
Grande-Bretagne. Royal Flying Corps > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > OpƩrations aƩriennes britanniques.
Pilotes de chasse > Canada > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.

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