stan Posted 13 January , 2005 Share Posted 13 January , 2005 Without wanting to start a Bishop of a debate here is an article that recently appeared (I personally think it biased and wrong but there you go!!!!) http://www.ku.edu/carrie/archives/wwi-l/BB/docs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killratio Posted 13 January , 2005 Share Posted 13 January , 2005 (I personally think it biased and wrong but there you go!!!!) Stan, In which respect?? Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted 13 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 13 January , 2005 Don't start Darryl, don't start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Roberts Posted 14 January , 2005 Share Posted 14 January , 2005 I'm not going to get into "the BB debate", but given that it appears to come from an educational establishment its a pretty poor article. It recounts the "official line" as fact with no attempt at analysis and almost ignores the VC incident. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killratio Posted 14 January , 2005 Share Posted 14 January , 2005 Stan, Not this little Anas Africanus. But I thought that given your bent, you would want to elaborate on the Eclesiastical One. Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted 14 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 14 January , 2005 I have distained.....er refrained . Thank-you Mr Freud! I must say I agree with my namesake - the article is pretty uncritical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benoit Douville Posted 14 January , 2005 Share Posted 14 January , 2005 Stan, Like Adrian said, it comes from a serious university... I suggest you to right directly to the author of the article if you don't like it. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biplane pilot Posted 31 January , 2005 Share Posted 31 January , 2005 Here's the last two paras: However, Billy's story wasn't over. A debate raged over his being awarded the Victoria Cross. No one saw him attack the German airfield; the medal was awarded only on what he claimed he did. He was the only Victoria Cross winner not to have his deeds witnessed or proved. The Canadian National Film Board released a film about Billy, The Kid Who Couldn't Miss, a 'docudrama' that claimed Billy had falsified many of his exploits. The Canadian Government Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology investigated and completely discredited this film, finding it both unfair and inaccurate. There are two additional but different bits of information necessary to complete the saga of Billy Bishop. The first is that a musical comedy about Billy, Billy Bishop Goes To War was one of the most successful made-in-Canada musicals ever made. The second item concerns an event took place on September 1, 2001, the day the Billy Bishop Heritage Museum in Own Sound, Ontario was burglarized. One of the items stolen was a small chunk of shrapnel reportedly given to Bishop by Winston Churchill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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