Billy Bishop (1894–1956)
Auteur de Winged Warfare
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Crédit image: Image from Winged Warfare: Hunting the Huns in the Air (1918) by William Avery Bishop
Œuvres de Billy Bishop
The Life and Magic of Billy Bishop 1 exemplaire
Blue Nose 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Bishop, William Avery
- Autres noms
- Bishop, Billy
- Date de naissance
- 1894-02-08
- Date de décès
- 1956-09-11
- Lieu de sépulture
- Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
- Lieu du décès
- Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Études
- Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
- Professions
- World War I fighter ace
- Organisations
- Royal Flying Corps
- Prix et distinctions
- Victoria Cross
Order of the Bath (Companion)
Distinguished Service Order with Bar
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Billy Bishop Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (tout afficher 7)
Billy Bishop Airport, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada - Courte biographie
- William Avery "Billy" Bishop VC, CB (February 8, 1894 - September 11, 1956) - Canadian World War I flying ace, officially credited with 72 victories, the highest number for a British Empire pilot.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 167
- Popularité
- #127,264
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 24
- Langues
- 1
Winged warfare is the first of an authentic and exciting series of true air-combat classics, bringing back the great days of man-to-man aerial battles as told by the famous aces themselves. Credited with seventy-two victories, Canadian Ace William Bishop tells his own story of what it was like. He vividly recreates those early days--both comic and tragic--when deadly "airborne jalopy" was getting its trial run. Bishop describes the tiny Nieuport Scout, armed with a single Lewis gun, in which he dodged the anti-aircraft batteries and fought the scarlet tri-winged Fokkers of Baron von Richthofen's squadron. His account of the joys and terrors of daily "dogfighting" is continuously exciting. With informative supplementary material and many aircraft specifications, Winged Warfare is a must for every aviation and war-adventure fan.--Cover… (plus d'informations)