Project Gutenberg 2025-03-17 Public domain in the USA. 1317 Bishop, William Avery 1894 1956 Bishop, Billy Bishop, Major (William Avery) Bishop, William A. (William Avery) Winged warfare : $b Hunting the Huns in the air $aLondon :$bHodder and Stoughton, $c1918. Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Winged Warfare: Hunting the Huns in the Air" by William Avery Bishop is an autobiographical account of aerial combat written in the early 20th century. It chronicles the experiences of Major Bishop, a decorated pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, as he describes his transition from cavalry to the thrilling, perilous world of aerial warfare. The narrative captures the excitement and dangers faced by pilots over the Western Front, including combat with enemy aircraft and critical support for ground troops. The opening of the book sets the stage for Bishop's military journey, starting from a muddy cavalry camp in England where an unexpected encounter with a flying machine inspires him to become an aviator. He reflects on his training as an observer and the dichotomy between the drudgery of reconnaissance and the exhilaration of fighting in the air. It introduces his ambitions and experiences as he makes the leap from a passive role to actively engaging in the war as a pilot, eagerly anticipating his first chance to fight against the enemy in the skies. This opening portion not only establishes his desire for adventure but also paints a vivid picture of the early days of air combat and the profound shift in warfare during that era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240618192547bishop 1918 GB en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Canadian World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956 Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps -- Biography Fighter pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography D501 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - Warfare 369553 2025-03-17T02:00:09.169648 text/html 344278 2025-03-17T01:12:09 text/html 2160300 2025-03-17T02:00:34.079495 application/epub+zip 2157459 2025-03-17T02:00:20.611555 application/epub+zip 667227 2025-03-17T02:00:13.078597 application/epub+zip 3881565 2025-03-17T02:00:48.354422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3845814 2025-03-17T02:00:32.801533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331791 2025-03-17T02:00:08.452130 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311921 2025-03-17T01:12:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 3842 2025-03-17T02:00:48.520418 application/rdf+xml 16372 2025-03-17T02:00:19.466568 image/jpeg 2479 2025-03-17T02:00:19.239567 image/jpeg 2443708 2025-03-17T02:00:09.236609 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia