The Making of Billy Bishop
The First World War Exploits of Billy Bishop, VC

By Brereton Greenhous ISBN: 9781550023909 format: Paperback pages: 232 publisher: Dundurn Group pub. date: 2002-05-01

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In this explosive biography, Brereton Greenhous 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.

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