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Report a Mistake- Object Number 19760521-006
- Event 1919-1938 Between the Wars
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer William Scully Ltd.
- Date Made 1925 or later
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1925/01/01
- Latest 1950/12/31
- Inscription (obverse/avers): CANADA; BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE CANADIAN LEGION; (reverse/verso): VICE AIR MARSHALL W. A. BISHOP V.C. D.S.O. M.C. D.F.C.; 10 KT
- Support bar brooch
- Materials Gold, Silkworm silk
- Service Component British Empire Service League
- Measurements Length 5.1 cm, Width 1.8 cm, Depth 0.5 cm
- Related activity Veteran
- Caption William Avery BISHOP, VC, CB, DSO*, MC, DFC, ED
- Additional Information Bishop won the Victoria Cross during an action at Cambrai, France, on 2 June 1917. His citation reads: "For most conspicuous bravery, determination and skill. Captain Bishop, who had been sent out to work independently, flew first of all to an enemy aerodrome; finding no machine about, he flew on to another aerodrome about three miles south-east, which was at least twelve miles the other side of the line. Seven machines, some with their engines running, were on the ground. He attacked these from about fifty feet, and a mechanic, who was starting one of the engines, was seen to fall. One of the machines got off the ground, but at a height of sixty feet, Captain Bishop fired fifteen rounds into it at very close range, and it crashed to the ground. A second machine got off the ground, into which he fired thirty rounds at 150 yards range, and it fell into a tree. Two more machines then rose from the aerodrome. One of these he engaged at a height of 1,000 feet emptying the rest of his drum of ammunition. This machine crashed 300 yards from the aerodrome, after which Captain Bishop emptied a whole drum into the fourth hostile machine, and flew back to his station. Four hostile scouts were about 1,000 feet above him for about a mile of his return journey, but they would not attack. His machine was very badly shot about by machine-gun fire from the ground."