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Biography & Autobiography Military

Billy Bishop: Top Canadian Flying Ace

by (author) Dan McCaffery

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Feb 2012
Category
Military, Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-), World War I
Recommended Age
11 to 18
Recommended Grade
6 to 12
Recommended Reading age
11 to 18
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552778234
    Publish Date
    Feb 2012
    List Price
    $8.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552774137
    Publish Date
    May 2009
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

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. While some historians feel that authorities upgraded Bishop's claims to improve morale, author Dan McCaffery presents the true life and accomplishments of Bishop through information he gathered from interviews and archival sources.

About the author

DAN McCAFFERY is one of Canada's most successful military aviation history writers. He was born in Sarnia, Ontario, where he graduated from the the Journalism Program at Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology. He worked for the Sarnia Gazette, a weekly newspaper, from 1974 to 1989 as a reporter and later as editor. Since 1989 he has worked at the daily newspaper the Sarnia Observer where he is currently the assignment editor. He has won three Canadian News Awards, two Ontario News Awards and a Western Ontario News Award.

He is the author of Hell Island: Canadian Pilots and the 1942 Air Battle for Malta, Billy Bishop: Canadian Hero, Air Aces, Battlefields in the Air, Canadian Warplanes and Bush Planes and Bush Pilots. McCaffery and his wife Val have been married for 28 years.

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