Description
Billy Bishop enlisted as an infantryman on the outbreak of World War I. He soon transferred to the Royal Flying Corps where flying came as naturally to him as respiring. On this classic autobiography, Billy Bishop vividly recreates the early days when the ‘airborne jalopy’ was once getting its trial run. He describes the tiny Nieuport Scout, armed with a single Lewis gun, wherein he needed to dodge the ‘Archies’ (anti-aircraft batteries) and fight the scarlet tri-winged Fokkers flown by the formidable Baron von Richthofen and his squadron. The heroic memoir that portrays an actual Canadian hero facing a talented and decided enemy – Winged Warfare gets more exciting with each take off.