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Known For
Acting
Known Credits
2
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-02-08
Deathday
1956-09-11 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Billy Bishop
W.A. 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.
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