Originally a subaltern in the Canadian Mounted Rifles, Bishop transferred to the RFC in July 1915, first flying as an observer with No. 21 Squadron. He then trained as a pilot and joined No. 60 Squadron in March 1917,then flying Nieuport 17s. Within two months his score had reached 20 and he already held the DSO and MC. His VC was won for a solo dawn attack on an enemy airfield on 2 June when he destroyed three enemy scouts in the air and shot up others on the ground. He was promoted major, and after a spell off operations took Command of No. 85 Squadron in 1918. In a period of 12 days he shot down 25 enemy aircraft, for which he was awarded a DSO and the DFC. His ultimate 72 victories placed him second only to Mannock in the British list of high scoring pilots, and he remained in the Royal Canadian Air Force for many years after the war, eventually dying in Florida in September 1956.
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