Bishop

Submitted by jbc@ku.edu on Fri, 2018-04-20 15:44
Text: 
"Ad Astra"
Character Key: 
Bishop 1
Display Name: 
Bishop
Sort Name: 
Bishop
AKA: 
William Avery Bishop
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Aviator
First Mentioned: 
Western Front Inset: Bayreuth, Germany in "Ad Astra" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Thursday, February 8, 1894
Origin: 
Canada
Biography: 

William Avery Bishop (1894-1956) led all Canadian aviators during World War I, being credited with shooting down 72 German planes. The captive German aviator of "Ad Astra" reports that one of his younger brothers, and already an ace aviator himself, "iss killed by your Bishop . . . that good man" (419).

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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