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Biography & Autobiography Military

Billy Bishop

Top Canadian Flying Ace

by (author) Dan McCaffery

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Sep 2017
Category
Military, Canada, World War I, Historical, Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550287684
    Publish Date
    Oct 2002
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550280951
    Publish Date
    Jan 1988
    List Price
    $35.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459504912
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $16.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459504929
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $12.99

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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. 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.

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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