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Billy Bishop
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Author : Dan McCaffery
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2002-10-15
Billy Bishop written by Dan McCaffery and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-15 with History categories.
Billy Bishop is Canada's greatest air ace of all time. He was almost thrown out of military college for cheating, but he went on to become the most famous of the First World War fighter pilots. Though he became a darling of the press, Bishop grew tired of the carnage of the war. Author Dan McCaffery offers a lively, compelling portrait of Bishop. His meticulous research has settled, once and for all, the controversy over whether Bishop lied to win his Vicotria Cross. Warts and all, Bishop emerges as a true Canadian hero.
The Making Of Billy Bishop
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Author : Brereton Greenhous
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2002-05
The Making Of Billy Bishop written by Brereton Greenhous and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This explosive biography exposes the myth of Canadian war pilot Billy Bishop.
Billy Bishop Goes To War
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Author : Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Billy Bishop Goes To War written by Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
The Making Of Billy Bishop
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Author : Brereton Greenhous
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2002-05-01
The Making Of Billy Bishop written by Brereton Greenhous and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-01 with History categories.
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 exaggerations and half-truths to flat-out lies, stories of Bishop's legendary exploits contain as much fiction as they do fact. Greenhous reveals many startling truths: he presents evidence that some of the medals Bishop wore late in his career were unearned, uncovers a number of examples of Bishop embellishing or inventing combat stories, and, most significantly, shows that the only account of the ace's raid on the German airfield came from Bishop himself. Even official German records of casualties fail to corroborate the Canadian's claims. The Making of Billy Bishop is a book certain to stir up controversy. Twenty years ago, a documentary film questioning Bishop's credentials as a hero was considered so blasphemous that a senate investigation was launched in an attempt to restore the pilot's name. Now, Greenhous's research vindicates the claims of the filmmakers, and re-ignites an argument once thought settled.
Billy Bishop Goes To War Tour
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Author : Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Billy Bishop Goes To War Tour written by Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
Billy Bishop Vc Lone Wolf Hunter
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Author : Peter Kilduff
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2014-10-19
Billy Bishop Vc Lone Wolf Hunter written by Peter Kilduff and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-19 with History categories.
A “superb” look at one of the Great War’s most storied combat pilots and his legendary solo missions, with never-before-published photos (Barrett Tillman). William Avery Bishop is recognized as the British Empire’s highest-scoring WWI ace, credited with seventy-two combat victories. Overall, he ranked behind only Manfred von Richthofen and René Fonck. This remarkable man’s story—his personal courage, daring, and superior marksmanship—has been detailed in books and articles, but here author Peter Kilduff investigates the untold story, bringing new light to missions and kills that have been previously steeped in controversy through evenhanded, thorough research and forensic evidence. As so many of Bishop’s victories were achieved during solo combat, the author examines and scrutinizes German, British, and Canadian archival sources, Bishop’s private correspondence, and accounts by friends and foes. Such an approach provides as complete an account as possible, in a valuable work featuring many previously unpublished photographs. “Kilduff is not the first to conduct such an inquiry into Bishop’s claim of 72 victories, but his book is by far the best researched . . . expertly laid out, with photos of the aircraft mentioned by Bishop, particularly the German types. Kilduff has done a marvelous and subtle job of showing how a real hero became larger than life.” —Aviation History
Billy Bishop
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Author : Dan McCaffery
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2017-09-01
Billy Bishop written by Dan McCaffery and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Living Up To A Legend
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Author : Diana Bishop
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2017-02-25
Living Up To A Legend written by Diana Bishop and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Diana Bishop recounts growing up in the shadow of her famous grandfather, Canadian First World War flying ace Billy Bishop. As a child, Diana Bishop showed up one day at school with a brown paper bag. Inside was a large breastplate of some of the most precious war medals on the planet, including the Victoria Cross. They belonged to Canada’s most celebrated First World War pilot, Billy Bishop, and until her family donated them to the Canadian War Museum, they had been kept in her father’s underwear drawer. That day at school was the first time Diana realized she was not growing up in an ordinary family. Now, after more than two decades in Canadian media, Diana Bishop looks back on her grandfather’s legacy and its profound influence over her life, and also her father’s — the only son of Billy Bishop, who had so much to live up to. Living Up to a Legend is a unique memoir that covers Billy Bishop’s legacy through the eyes of one of the people who it affected the most.
Adapting Billy Bishop Goes To War For Germany
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Author : Sabrina Middeldorf
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2010-05-10
Adapting Billy Bishop Goes To War For Germany written by Sabrina Middeldorf and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, RWTH Aachen University (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Recent Canadian Drama, language: English, abstract: I. Introduction – A Canadian play for a German audience While talking about the play “Billy Bishop goes to war” by John Gray and Eric Peterson that was written in 1976, different points of view play a decisive role. The play deals with a Canadian boy who joins the military because of a lack of possibilities. The action begins in Canada in 1914. That means it is the time of World War I and Canadian forces fight as a part of the Empire against the enemy, namely Germany. The play describes Billy Bishop’s rise from a Canadian boy to a national hero as a fighter ace. Consequently there are different attitudes towards the play, for instance if you are an opponent of war or an advocate of it. Furthermore there is the question of age: if you have fought in a war and have seen how friends die or if you are a young man who is full of bravery, strength and patriotism, you have a different attitude towards such a play. But above all there is the question of nationality. As the play is of Canadian origin and originally played for Canadians, the question is meaningless. But on the one hand the fact that the play received great honor and was performed on Broadway and on the other hand the existence of a German film version opens a completely new kind of adapting the play for Germany. In the film version there are German actors that play Billy and the piano player and the text is German, too. What these facts mean and how film and play are adapted for Germany is analyzed in the following term paper. Concerning that there is not any kind of secondary literature about this topic that can be accessed by a German Library, the analysis is based upon my own results of analyzing play and film as well as studying the preface of the drama. The version of the play is the one in the Jerry Wasserman anthology “Modern Canadian Plays” published by Talonbooks, Vancouver and the film version is the one directed by Peter Meincke and Norman McCandlish of the year 1984/1985. II.1 Summary The Canadian play “Billy Bishop goes to war” by John Gray and Eric Peterson deals with a young Canadian from Owen Sound, Ontario who becomes a flying-ace and a hero. The play takes place in the year 1914, which means the time of World War I, where recruits from the British colonies were drafted to support the British Empire against the Germans, or as they call it, the Huns. At the age of twenty Billy enters the Royal Military College (R.M.C.) because of a lack of opportunities and the qualification of
Billy Bishop Goes To War
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Author : John Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Billy Bishop Goes To War written by John Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Celebrated musical about Canada's famous World War I flying ace. Cast of 2 men.