[WWI] Billy Bishop book suggestions?

[J.R. Boye]

 Hi Matt;

    Please be sure to read the chapter on Bishop in "Victoria Cross" by Alex Revell (Flying Machines Press) as a preface to anything else about him.
    I'm not sure if any more research has come to light on his career since that was written in 1997, but it was an eye opener for me. If there is anything more recent and better researched, I would be interested to know about it.

                                                                                      J.R. Boye




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From: Bob Pearson <bpearson at citytel.net>
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Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 3:09:41 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Billy Bishop book suggestions?

 
Matt,
 
Word 
of warning. .. DO NOT BOTHER with McCaffrey's book. It was a very poor read in 
which he makes various claims, but has no supporting material in it .. ie the 
fact that he included it is supposed to be proof enough. . a German ace was shot 
down on a day that Bishop was flying. . etc etc.
 
However Bishop's son has an interesting book which is probably a good 
counterpoint to Greenhous and is called "Courage in the Early Morning". Bishop 
himself wrote Winged Warfare
 
Bob 
Pearson
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>Hello all,
> 
>I'm back looking for a bit more advice.  I'm curious to find the 
>  authoritative books on Billy Bishop, so that I can make up my own mind about 
>  his controversial career.  I've found Dan McCaffery's Billy 
>  Bishop: Canadian Hero and Brereton Greenhous' The Making of 
>  Billy Bishop.  Are these the right two books to give me the best 
>  of both points of view, or are there better books?
> 
>Thanks again,
>Matt K.
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