Winged Warfare

Authors: Bishop, William Avery
Publisher: HarperTorch
BISAC/Subject: BIO008000
ISBN: 9781443435338, Related ISBNs: 1443435333, 9781443435338
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 281,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

Canadian flying ace William “Billy” Bishop’s Winged Warfare is a vivid account of his role as a member of the Royal Flying Corp during the First World War. Covering Bishop’s military service from his time as an infantryman through his many aerial battles, Winged Warfare is the exciting tale of a budding Canadian hero pitted against equally formidable enemy aviators.

Billy Bishop is the most decorated First World War Canadian flying ace. Over the course of his war service, Bishop is credited with shooting down seventy-two enemy aircraft and was awarded the Military Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the Victoria Cross.

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