William Avery Bishop

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Victoria Cross recipient flying ace human military officer

William Avery Bishop was a renowned Canadian First World War flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient celebrated for his extraordinary aerial combat achievements.

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Label Occurrences
William Avery Bishop canonical 3
Arthur Bishop 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Victoria Cross recipient ⓘ
flying ace ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance Dominion of Canada ⓘ
awardReceived Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)

Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Military Cross ⓘ
The Victoria Cross ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Cross
burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumour ⓘ
child Arthur Bishop ⓘ
commemoratedBy Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regional Airport ⓘ
surface form: Billy Bishop Regional Airport (Owen Sound)

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1894-02-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1956-09-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ
familyName Bishop ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix DFC ⓘ
DSO ⓘ
ED ⓘ
MC ⓘ
VC ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Avery ⓘ
militaryBranch Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
militaryRank Air Marshal ⓘ
Lieutenant-Colonel ⓘ
nickname Billy Bishop ⓘ
notableFor being one of the highest-scoring Allied fighter aces of the First World War ⓘ
notableWork Winged Warfare ⓘ
numberOfAerialVictories 72 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Palm Beach, Florida, United States ⓘ
serviceNumber (Canadian Expeditionary Force officer number) 145 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Margaret Eaton Burden ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Billy Bishop → fullName → William Avery Bishop ⓘ
Billy Bishop → parentOf → William Avery Bishop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Bishop
Avery → fullName → William Avery Bishop ⓘ
subject surface form: Billy Bishop
No. 60 Squadron RFC → notableMember → William Avery Bishop ⓘ