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Jul 8, 2017 · William Avery “Billy” Bishop. Canadian World War I Flying Ace. He is credited with 72 victories, and earned the Victoria Cross (Britain's highest award). At the beginning of World War I, he joined the 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles, serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
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In 1910, at the age of 16, after reading a newspaper article, Bishop built a glider out of cardboard, wooden crates, bedsheets, and twine, and made an attempt to fly off the roof of his three-story house. He was dug, unharmed, out of the wreckage by his sister Louise.
Jan 16, 2024 · He died in Palm Beach, Florida, on September 11, 1956, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario. The small airport located on the Toronto Islands, Toronto, Ontario, is named after Billy Bishop. Billy Bishop Goes to War is a widely produced Canadian musical based on Billy Bishop's life. Sources
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- February 8, 1894
- Margaret Eaton (Burden) Hughson
- September 11, 1956
Dec 15, 2015 · On April 30, Bishop survived a skirmish with a Jasta 11 flown by Manfred von Richthofen, the famous “Red Baron” with 80 official kills. In May, he was attacked by four planes, shot down two, and earned the Distinguished Service Order.
May 20, 2009 · William Avery (Billy) Bishop Jr., VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED, First World War flying ace, author (born 8 February 1894 in Owen Sound, ON; died 11 September 1956 in Palm Beach, Florida). Billy Bishop was Canada’s top flying ace of the First World War; he was officially credited with 72 victories.
Bishop returned to Canada on leave in September 1917. There, he wrote his book Winged Warfare and married Margaret Burden. Bishop went briefly to Washington, D.C., before returning, now with his wife, to England. There he was named commander of the new No. 85 Squadron (The Flying Foxes).
Lieutenant Colonel Bishop was posted to Canadian Headquarters in August 1918 to launch the Canadian Air Force. After the war, he headed commercial aviation operations and in World War II served as Canadian Air Marshal. He died in 1956.
