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The Kid Who Couldn't Miss is a 1983 docudrama film directed by Paul Cowan.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it combines fact and fiction to question fighter pilot Billy Bishop's accomplishments during World War I, featuring excerpts from John MacLachlan Gray's play Billy Bishop Goes to War. [1]
Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war, and also received a Victoria Cross.
The hour-long episodes aired Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 19 September to 10 October 1976. It was rebroadcast in May 1981. Subjects included the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, Billy Bishop, and the development of competing Canadian airlines such as Trans-Canada Air Lines and Canadian Pacific Air Lines.
Billy Bishop Canada: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 72 [7] [b] Top Canadian and British Empire ace VC, CB, DSO*, MC, DFC. Ernst Udet German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 62 [5] PLM, HOH, IC Mick Mannock † United Kingdom: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 61 [9] Top British ace VC DSO & Two Bars MC & Bar. Raymond Collishaw Canada
Gilmore Girls stars Lauren Graham, 57, and Kelly Bishop, 80, reunited on Sept. 17 at 92NY in New York City, where Graham moderated a discussion about Bishop’s new memoir The Third Gilmore Girl.
Beyond "Gilmore Girls," Bishop is also known for her roles in movies like "Dirty Dancing" and on Broadway for "A Chorus Line," but she'll always have a deep appreciation and connection to the series.
The Clayton Knight Committee, was founded by Billy Bishop and Clayton Knight in 1940. Homer Smith and several German émigrés, who wanted America to join the war against the Axis powers, provided funding for the secret and unlawful commissioning agency. Its mission was to bring Americans to Canada in order to prepare and battle for the Allies ...
Grab a cup of Luke’s coffee because two of the Gilmore Girls are back together! Lauren Graham posted a snap on Friday, June 28, via Instagram that showed her hanging out with Kelly Bishop ...