The making of Billy Bishop :the First World War exploits of Billy Bishop, VC
- 作者: Greenhous, Brereton,
- 出版: Toronto, Ont. : Dundurn Press 2002.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource.
- 標題: Grande-Bretagne. , Military operations, Aerial British. , Bishop, William Avery, , Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps. , HISTORY Military -- World War I. , World War, 1914-1918 Aerial operations, British. , Grande-Bretagne. Royal Flying Corps Biographies. , Biographies. , MilitaryWorld War I. , Historical. , BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY , Canada. , Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956. , World War, 1914-1918 , Pilotes de chasse Canada -- Biographies. , Fighter pilots Canada -- Biography. , Opérations aériennes britanniques. , Bishop, William A., , Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 , Electronic books. , Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Opérations aériennes britanniques. , Fighter pilots , BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. , HISTORY , Military operations, Aerial , Pilotes de chasse , Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps Biography. , 1914-1918 , Aerial operations, British. , British. , Bishop, William A., 1894-1956. , Great Britain. , Fighter pilots.
- ISBN: 1554880238 , 9781554880232
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index. Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- "The Greatest Game in the World"; Chapter 2 -- A Pilot at the Front; Chapter 3 -- Tricks of the Trade; Chapter 4 -- Flight of Fancy; Chapter 5 -- Flying High; Chapter 6 -- A Statistical Interlude; Chapter 7 -- "I Have Never Been So Furious in My Life"; Epilogue; Appendix -- Bishop's Citations for British Decorations; Endnotes; Publisher's Afterword; Index.
- 摘要: 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 exagger.
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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.
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