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Article: The unmaking of Billy Bishop. (World War I).
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- Esprit de Corps
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- July 1, 2003
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Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, Victoria Cross, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross, Mentioned in Despatches, Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre, was many things to many people. Loving husband and father, loyal friend, darling of the international media, fighter pilot and Canadian icon. Almost 50 years after his death, the National Post placed him near the top in a popular ranking of Canada's greatest heroes.
To Brereton Greenhous, a retired National Defence historian, he was "a distinguished fraud," worthy company for "bogus characters" like Laura ...