
W.A. Bishop
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1894-02-08
place-of-birth
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
also-known-as
Billy Bishop
biography
Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war, and also received a Victoria Cross. During the Second World War, Bishop was instrumental in setting up and promoting the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. From Wikipedia.