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Facts

Also Known As Billy Bishop
Born February 8, 1894 • Canada
Died September 11, 1956 (aged 62) • West Palm Beach • Florida
Awards And Honors Victoria Cross
Role In Western Front • World War I

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Capt. William A. (“Billy”) Bishop, a Canadian ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, posing in front of his Nieuport type 17 fighter plane, France, August 1917.
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