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  • Winged Warfare: Hunting the Huns in the Air

    by William Avery Bishop ...
    It was the mud, I think, that made me take to flying. I had fully expected that going into battle would mean for me the saddle of a galloping charger, instead of the snug little cock-pit of a modern aeroplane. The mud, on a certain day in July 1915, changed my whole career in the war. We were in England. I had gone over as an officer of the Missisauga Horse, of Toronto, a cavalry detachment of the ... Read more

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  • Winged Warfare

    by William Avery Bishop ...
    William Avery Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War.He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war. He was an Air Marshal and a Victoria Cross recipient.One day in July 1915, Bishop saw an airplane land in a nearby field and then take off again; this ... Read more

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  • Winged warfare

    Hunting the Huns in the air

    by William Avery Bishop ...
    William Avery Bishop's Winged Warfare: Hunting the Huns in the Air is a vivid First World War air memoir that chronicles the emergence of aerial combat from reconnaissance novelty into a deadly, glamorous new theater of war. Written in a brisk, direct, and highly personal style, the book combines adventure narrative, battlefield reportage, and patriotic testimony, offering readers both the thrill ... Read more

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    by James McCudden ...
    Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps by James McCudden is one of the most respected and insightful firsthand accounts of World War I aviation. Written by a top British fighter ace with 57 confirmed victories, the memoir traces McCudden’s remarkable journey from aircraft mechanic to decorated squadron leader in the Royal Flying Corps. Published shortly before his untimely death in 1918 ... Read more

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  • Desert Hawk

    The True Story of Stocky Edwards, World War II Flying Ace

    by Barbara Hehner ...
    The Desert Hawk is the story of James F. "Stocky" Edwards, one of Canada’s greatest WWII air aces, a fighter pilot who earned his nickname not because of his build, but because he would stand up to anything. A Saskatchewan farm boy whose bird-shooting skills would serve him well later in battle, he joined the RCAF and at 20 years old was leading the 260 Squadron over more senior officers. Edwards ... Read more

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