Billy Bishop
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Canadian aviator and author (1894–1956)
OverviewAI-generated
Billy Bishop was a male fighter pilot and author born in 1894. He held Canadian nationality and worked in the fields of World War I aerial operations and military aviation. His professional career began in 1914.
He died in 1956. Bishop wrote in English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Winged Warfare, the Illustrared Classic Autobiography of Canadian World War I Ace Billy Bishop
- Cley Marsh and its birds
- Winged Warfare Winged Peace 2VOL
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 149
- Total plays
- 1,025
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1894–1956
- Nationality
- CA
- Role / Field
- Fighter pilots, Authors, Piloci mysliwscy, Lotnicy wojskowi, World war 1914 1918 aerial operations, Lotnictwo wojskowe
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 16 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Avery
- Family name
- Bishop
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Owen Sound
- Place of death
- Palm Beach
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Military rank
- air marshal
- Image
- Billy bishop.jpg
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- Commons category
- Billy Bishop
- date of birth
- 1894-02-08
- date of death
- 1956-09-11
- Commons gallery
- Billy Bishop
- allegiance
- Canada
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0