The making of Billy Bishop : the First World War exploits of Billy Bishop, VC / Brereton Greenhous.
Material type: TextSeries: desLibris. Books collection.Publication details: Toronto, Ont. : Dundurn Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956
- Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps -- Biography
- Bishop, William A., 1894-1956
- Grande-Bretagne. Royal Flying Corps -- Biographies
- Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956
- Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British
- Fighter pilots -- Canada -- Biography
- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Opérations aériennes britanniques
- Pilotes de chasse -- Canada -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- Military -- World War I
- Fighter pilots
- Military operations, Aerial -- British
- Canada
- World War (1914-1918)
- 1914-1918
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.
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.
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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