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Billy Bishop

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Aviator

The Resume

    (February 8, 1894-September 11, 1956)
    Ace Pilot for the Royal Air Force during WW I

Why he might be annoying:

    He wanted to be a lawyer, but he wasn't a good enough student.
    He entered a military academy because he couldn't get into a real university.
    He failed his first year studies at the academy.
    He missed several major battles because of sickness and injury.
    Though Canadian, he fought with the British during the war.
    After the war, he failed at several business ventures.
    He made recruitment videos for the RAF.
    He wrote an autobiography titled 'Winged Warfare.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He volunteered to serve with the British because the Canadians hadn't joined the war yet.
    He shot down 72 enemy planes.
    25 of those happened within a month.
    In a solo mission, he shot down 3 planes and destroyed 7 others on the ground.
    He was angry at the Canadian government for recalling him from duty to start the Canadian Air Corps.
    He flew a solo mission on his last day and shot down 5 planes in 15 minutes of combat.
    He lived in his brother's shadow for many years.
    He was the British Empire's second-greatest pilot.
    During the Korean War, he offered to return to service, but was refused because of poor health.
    A play was made about his life, which renewed his hero status in both Canada and Britain.
    The decorations he received include the Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order & Bar, Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Honor Chevalier, and the Croix de Guerre with palm.
    He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the King's Birthday Honours List.
    He had a drink named after him, the Billy Bishop Shooter, which is supposed to be served only to Canadian veterans one day a year.
    A fake discredited documentary about him claimed he made up much of his actions.

Credit: Lorg Skyegon


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 416 Votes: 50.24% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 26.09% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 74 Votes: 40.54% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 147 Votes: 44.90% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 148 Votes: 52.70% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 257 Votes: 43.19% Annoying