File:BillyBishop.jpg
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Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft label QS:Len,"Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft"
label QS:Lfr,"Le capitaine W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, qui a, jusqu'à maintenant, abattu 37 avions allemands" |
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English: Captain W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, who has up to this date shot down 37 German aircraft. William Avery "Billy" Bishop is in the cockpit of his Nieuport 17 fighter, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. The Nieuport's armament, a Lewis gun on a Foster mounting, is immediately above Bishop. At the time this photograph was taken in France in August, 1917, he had already shot down 37 German aircraft.
Français : Le capitaine W.A. Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps, qui a, jusqu'à maintenant, abattu 37 avions allemands. William Avery « Billy » Bishop est dans le cockpit de son chasseur Nieuport 17, 60e Escadron, Royal Flying Corps. L'armement du Nieuport, un canon Lewis sur monture Foster, se trouve immédiatement au-dessus de Bishop. Au moment où cette photographie fut prise en France en août 1917, il avait déjà abattu 37 avions allemands. |
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August 1917 date QS:P571,+1917-08-00T00:00:00Z/10 |
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institution QS:P195,Q913250 |
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Credit line | William Rider-Rider/Library and Archives Canada/PA-001654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author | CFJIC |
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Date and time of data generation | 6 August 1917 |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS Windows |
File change date and time | 14:00, 21 July 2005 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 2,934 px |
Image height | 2,228 px |
Supplemental categories | B&W Negative (4"X 5") |
Date and time of digitizing | 09:00, 21 July 2005 |
Date metadata was last modified | 09:00, 21 July 2005 |
Copyright status | Copyrighted |
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