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Billy Bishop was the top Canadian flying ace in the First World
War, credited officially with a record-breaking 75 victories. He
was a highly skilled pilot and an accurate shot. Bishop went from
being the most decorated war hero in Canadian history to a crusader
for peace, writing the book Winged Peace, which supported
international control of global air power. Author Dan McCaffery
presents the life and accomplishments of Bishop through information
he gathered from interviews and archival sources.This new
illustrated edition of Dan McCaffery's book contains more than 50
photos of Bishop and other First World War fliers including German
and British air aces, plus artefacts from the collection now on
display at Billy Bishop airport, Toronto.
Billy Bishop was the top Canadian flying ace in the first World
War, credited officially with a record breaking 75 victories. A
highly skilled pilot and an accurate shot, he was fiercely
ambitious, driven by an undisguised hatred of his enemies. He
played hard and fought even harder. A highly skilled pilot and a
crack shot, "top gun" of the Allied air forces, by 1918 Bishop was
the most highly decorated war hero in Canadian history. He also
remains the most controversial. Some of Bishop's fellow pilots were
repelled by his grandstanding and suspected he was deliberately
inflating his number of"kills." Since then, the claim has been
repeated by many others. Bishop went from being the most decorated
war hero in Canadian history to a crusader for peace, writing the
book Winged Peace, which supported international control of global
air power. While some historians feel that authorities upgraded
Bishop's claims to improve morale, author Dan McCaffery presents
the true life and accomplishments of Bishop through information he
gathered from interviews and archival sources. About the Author Dan
McCaffery is one of Canada's most successful military aviation
history writers. He is the author of Hell Island: Canadian Pilots
and the 1942 Air Battle for Malta, Air Aces, and Battlefields in
the Air, amongst others.
"This is a solid, no-nonsense book, an important one that lays the
Bishop controversy to rest... a tour de force of research..." -
Vancouver Sun "A meticulously researched book."- Ian Gillespie,
London Free Press Billy Bishop was fiercely ambitious, driven by an
undisguised hatred of his enemies. He played hard and fought even
harder. A highly skilled pilot and a crack shot,"top gun" of the
Allied air forces, by 1918 Bishop was the most highly decorated war
hero in Canadian history. He also remains the most controversial.
Some of Bishop's fellow pilots were repelled by his grandstanding
and suspected he was deliberately inflating his number of"kills."
Since then, the claim has been repeated by many others. This issue
is at the heart of Billy Bishop: Canadian Hero. In this updated
second edition, author Dan McCaffery reviews the evidence in
support of his account of what Bishop really did in the skies over
France, setting the record straight about one of this country's
most famous and controversial figures. About the Author Dan
McCaffery is one of Canada's most successful military aviation
history writers. He is the author of Hell Island: Canadian Pilots
and the 1942 Air Battle for Malta, Air Aces, and Battlefields in
the Air, amongst others.
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