Winged Combat: My Story As A Spitfire Pilot in WWII

Bishop, William Arthur

Harper-perennial

Courage at sea (Canada's military heritage)

History

Americas

McGraw-Hill/Ryerson

Our bravest and our best: The stories of Canada's Victoria Cross winners

History, Canadian History &amp; Studies

Canada's Glory: Battles that Forged a Nation

295 pages of excellent text, with some great photos. This book gives both sides' stories to this mammoth aerial engagement, in almost minute-to-minute coverage - excellent human detail on a bizarre and destructive battle. First Edition.

Destruction at dawn: The air-raid coded "Bodenplatte" : Luftwaffe vs. the allies, New Year's Day, 1945

The Courage of Early Morning

Military

MCCLELLAND STEWART

Courage of the Early Morning

A high-flying, action-packed tale for readers of all ages about the adventurous life of a Canadian icon. William Avery Bishop survived more than 170 air battles during World War 1 and was given official credit for shooting down seventy-two German aircraft. Experts on aerial warfare acknowledge that his relentless air fighting techniques and skills as a brilliant individualist and marksman were unique and his record unsurpassed. He was the first man in British military history to receive the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order, and the Military Cross in one ceremony. This remarkably objective biography, written by Bishop's son, is a warm-hearted, entertaining, and often surprisingly outspoken account of the escapades and heroics of a man of great courage. Eddie Rickenbacker one said, "Richthofen usually waited for enemies to fly into his territory; Bishop was the raider, always seeking the enemy wherever he could be found...I think he's the only man I ever met who was incapable of fear." Throughout his life Billy Bishop was something of an eccentric--a man of ebullient high spirits and feverish enthusiasm. As a boy in Owen Sound, Ontario, though, he had no aptitude for learning. His three years at the Royal Military College were disastrous--an epic of rules broken and discipline scorned. He often admitted that his special method of landing wrecked more planes than he shot down. In the days when fliers could rightly think themselves heroes for just having the courage to go up in the rickety plans, Billy Bishop won the respect of comrades and enemies alike. He was one of the new breed of warriors who met the deadly challenge of air combat and made the airplane a decisive military weapon.

True Canadian Battles That Forged Our Nation

Prospero Books

True Canadian Victoria Cross Heroes

Prospero Publishing

This book is a compilation of the exploits and biographies of many of Canada's aviation heros.

True Canadian Heroes in the Air

Key Porter Books

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