tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post4525247460234472055..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Remembering a Veteran: Canadian Ace Billy Bishop, VC, Royal Flying Corpssnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-13813393949354900262022-05-29T20:20:40.829-07:002022-05-29T20:20:40.829-07:00I was once told that it is likely that a majority ...I was once told that it is likely that a majority of CAnadians would not recognize Billy Bishop's name.Jim Gallennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-66392126297770917812022-05-27T15:37:51.905-07:002022-05-27T15:37:51.905-07:00Glenn: If you had clicked on "Reply" imm...Glenn: If you had clicked on "Reply" immediately after my comment, you would have seen that I added another comment two minutes later under my own name, apologising for accidentally posting the original anonymously. Regarding Bishop: all I can say is that there is a much greater level of controversy about his victory scores than there is about most of the other allied aces. Ed Ferko andAdrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-55699250293291606522022-05-27T09:09:20.721-07:002022-05-27T09:09:20.721-07:00That is a remarkably disappointing and ignorant co...That is a remarkably disappointing and ignorant comment. I would encourage you to educate yourself on the standards for which victories were awarded during the Great War as well as victories that were not credited. There are documented records on all WW1 Aces where their victories were possibly inaccurate and in particular Richthofen who I have personally chased across the Western Front be it Glenn Kerrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-51612922680206818362022-05-25T16:02:43.713-07:002022-05-25T16:02:43.713-07:00Sorry, I forgot to enter my name in the preceding ...Sorry, I forgot to enter my name in the preceding comment about Bishop; I did not mean to be anonymous when making such assertions. Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-1659706090667122012022-05-25T16:00:43.799-07:002022-05-25T16:00:43.799-07:00Unfortunately Bishop's record and therefore hi...Unfortunately Bishop's record and therefore his truthfulness in making victory claims is disputed by many leading historians. The published scores of most airmen have some element of doubt, due to the difficulties of proving victory claims, but Bishop appears to be much less reliable than most. Historians put his actual score at somewhere between 20-ish and zilch. His VC action is also in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-83087042768353798712022-05-23T11:03:49.909-07:002022-05-23T11:03:49.909-07:00Billy Bishop makes an appearance in Warner Bros.&#...Billy Bishop makes an appearance in Warner Bros.' 1942 aviation film, Captains of the Clouds. Reginald Denny who was an observer/gunner in the RAF is one of the co-stars.Andrew Melomethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147559426991092050noreply@blogger.com