Billy Bishop
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| Narození | 8. února 1894 Owen Sound |
| Úmrtí | 11. září 1956 (ve věku 62 let) Palm Beach |
| Alma mater | Royal Military College of Canada Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute |
| Povolání | pilot a voják |
| Ocenění | Viktoriin kříž (1917) Vojenský kříž (1917) Řád za vynikající službu (1917) Mentioned in Despatches (1918) rytíř Řádu čestné legie (1918) … více na Wikidatech |
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Letecký maršál William Avery „Billy“ Bishop (8. února 1894, Owen Sound, Ontario – 11. září 1956, Palm Beach, Florida) byl kanadský stíhací pilot, letecké eso první světové války. Oficiální zdroje mu připisují 72 vítězství, je tak nejúspěšnějším stíhacím pilotem celého Britského impéria a po René Fonckovi je druhým nejúspěšnějším pilotem spojenců v první světové válce.
Vyznamenání
- Řád čestné legie
- Croix de guerre
- Viktoriin kříž
- Řád lázně
- DSO & Bar
- Military Cross
- DFC
- Canadian Efficiency Decoration
Literatura
- Baker, David. William Avery "Billy" Bishop: The Man and the Aircraft He Flew. London: The Outline Press, 1990. ISBN 1-871547-07-5.
- Barker, Ralph. The Royal Flying Corps in World War I. London: Constable and Robinson, 2002. ISBN 1-84119-470-0.
- Bishop, William Avery. Winged Warfare London: Crécy Publishing, 2007 (originally published in 1918). ISBN 0-947554-90-4.
- Buzzell, Nora. The Register of the Victoria Cross Third Edition. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK: This England, 1997. ISBN 0-906324-27-0.
- Harvey, David. Monuments to Courage. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press Ltd., 1999. ISBN 1-84342-356-1.
- McCaffrey, Dan. Billy Bishop: Canadian Hero. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company Publishers, 1988. ISBN 1-55028-095-3.
- Shores, Norman, Franks, L.R. a Guest Russell. A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces, 1915-1920. London: Grub Street, 1991.
- Urwin, Gregory J.W. "The Man Without Fear: The Combat story of Lieutenant Colonel William Avery Bishop." Air Classics, Vol. 15, No. 9, září 1979.
Externí odkazy
Galerie Billy Bishop na Wikimedia Commons- Obrázky, zvuky či videa k tématu Billy Bishop na Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Bishop www.worldwar1.com
- Billy Bishop na www.theaerodrome.com
- Billy Bishop, biografie Archivováno 5. 4. 2005 na Wayback Machine.
- www.billybishop.org, muzeum v rodném městě Archivováno 3. 2. 2010 na Wayback Machine.
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Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft. William Avery "Billy" Bishop is in the cockpit of his Nieuport 17 fighter, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. The Nieuport's armament, a Lewis gun on a Foster mounting, is immediately above Bishop. At the time this photograph was taken in France in August, 1917, he had already shot down 37 German aircraft.
Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft. William Avery "Billy" Bishop is in the cockpit of his Nieuport 17 fighter, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. The Nieuport's armament, a Lewis gun on a Foster mounting, is immediately above Bishop. At the time this photograph was taken in France in August, 1917, he had already shot down 37 German aircraft.
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Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft. William Avery "Billy" Bishop is in the cockpit of his Nieuport 17 fighter, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. The Nieuport's armament, a Lewis gun on a Foster mounting, is immediately above Bishop. At the time this photograph was taken in France in August, 1917, he had already shot down 37 German aircraft.
Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft. William Avery "Billy" Bishop is in the cockpit of his Nieuport 17 fighter, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. The Nieuport's armament, a Lewis gun on a Foster mounting, is immediately above Bishop. At the time this photograph was taken in France in August, 1917, he had already shot down 37 German aircraft.
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Lieutenant-Colonel W A 'Billy' Bishop VC, of No 60 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, one of the leading fighter aces of the First World War, standing in front of his Nieuport 17 Scout at Filescamp, France
Lieutenant-Colonel W A 'Billy' Bishop VC, of No 60 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, one of the leading fighter aces of the First World War, standing in front of his Nieuport 17 Scout at Filescamp, France