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Bishop (MAJOR WILLIAM AVERY a Canadian)

MAJOR WILLIAM AVERY, a Canadian aviator, born in 1885. He was a member of the Canadian military establishment in 1911, and went to France with the first expeditionary force at the outbreak of the World War. He joined the aviation arm, and soon became known as one of the most daring and successful airmen on the Allied side. He had numberless hairbreadth escapes and brought down a larger number of German machines than any other aviator who served in the war.

He won the Victoria Cross by his exploits. He wrote "Winged Warfare; Hunting the Hun in the Air" (1918).

BISHOP BARNABY