The making of Billy Bishop : the First World War exploits of Billy Bishop, VC /

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. An...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenhous, Brereton, 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : Dundurn Press, 2002.
Temas:
Bishop, William Avery, > 1894-1956.
Bishop, William A., > 1894-1956.
Bishop, William Avery, > 1894-1956
Great Britain. > Royal Flying Corps > Biography.
Grande-Bretagne. > Royal Flying Corps > Biographies.
Great Britain. > Royal Flying Corps
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, British.
Fighter pilots > Canada > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Opérations aériennes britanniques.
Pilotes de chasse > Canada > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Fighter pilots
Military operations, Aerial > British
Canada
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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