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The most important thing in fighting was shooting, next the various tactics in coming into a fight and last of all flying ability itself.

Air Marshal W. A. 'Billy' Bishop, RFC & RAF

Officially credited with 72 combat victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of WWI. Winged Warfare, 1918.

To be able to fight well, a pilot must be able to have absolute control over his machine. He must know by the ‘feel’ of it exactly how the machine is, what position it is in, and how it is flying, so that he may manoeuvre rapidly, and at the same time watch his opponent or opponents. He must be able to loop, turn his machine over on its back and do various over flying ‘stunts,’ not that these are actually neccessary during a combat, but from the fact that he has done these things several times he gets the absolute confidence and when the fight comes along he is not worrying about how the machine will act. He can devote all his time to fighting the other felllow; the flying part of it coming instinctively. Thus the flying part, although perhaps the hardest to train a man for, is the least important factor in aerial fighting.

Air Marshal W. A. 'Billy' Bishop, RFC & RAF

Winged Warfare, 1918.

Billy Bishop

In nearly all cases where machines have been downed, it was during a fight which had been very short, and the successful burst of fire had occurred within the space of a minute after the beginning of actual hostilities.

Air Marshal W. A. 'Billy' Bishop, RFC & RAF

Shooting Stars, The Saturday Evening Post, 1 June 1918. .


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