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Great war Lt Colonel W A Billy Bishop VC signed The Peoples War Book and Atlas. Signed Picture page by Lt Colonel W A Bishop VC Personally Signed by Lt Colonel W A Bishop VC. Picture photo from The Peoples War Book. Bishop attended the Royal Military College before joining the 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles at the beginning of the war. After serving overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in December 1915 and received his pilot's certificate in 1917. Flying the Nieuport 17 and S. E. 5a, He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after scoring 25 victories in just twelve days. On the morning of June 2, 1917, his single-handed attack against a German aerodrome on the Arras front earned him the Victoria Cross, making Bishop the first Canadian flyer to receive this honour. Before the war ended, he wrote ”Winged Warfare, ” an autobiographical account of his exploits in the air over France. Because Bishop flew many of his patrols alone, most of his victories were never witnessed. After years of controversy, a television broadcast entitled ”The Kid Who Couldn't Miss” led to an inquiry by the Canadian government in 1985. In conclusion, the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology discredited the film, finding it to be an unfair and inaccurate portrayal of Bishop Awarded Victoria Cross (VC)