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Name: William Avery "Billy" Bishop
William Avery
Country: Canada
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Services: Royal Flying Corps
Units:
Victories: 72
Born: 08 Feb 1894
Place of Birth: Owen Sound, Ontario
Died: 11 Sep 1956
Place of Death: Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
39 05 Aug 1917 2000 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III Hendecourt-Monchy
40 05 Aug 1917 2000 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III Hendecourt-Monchy
41 06 Aug 1917 1545 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III Brebières
42 09 Aug 1917 0900 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III Escourt St. Quentin
43 13 Aug 1917 1902 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III 5 mi S of Douai
44 13 Aug 1917 1902 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III 5 mi S of Douai
45 15 Aug 1917 2020 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III Henin Lietard
46 16 Aug 1917 1903 60 S.E.5a C Harnes
47 16 Aug 1917 1906 60 S.E.5a Albatros D.III Carvin
 
Books
The Air VCs
VCs of the First World War; Peter J. Cooksley / Hardcover / Alan Sutton 1997
Billy Bishop: Canadian Hero
by Dan McCaffery / Lorimer & Company Publishers; Published 1988
 
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