Billy Bishop - True Canadian hero?

**Please note this was for a grade 12 canadian history class as just a minor project and therefor is not ment to be detailed, but rather just stating a simple argument to prove that Billy Bishop(a canadian flying ace during the worldwar) was or was not a canadian hero.** The dictionary defines a hero as a man admired for his achievements and qualities. Billy Bishop fits that definition perfectly yet somehow some Canadians do not …showed first 75 words of 1000 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1000 total…hero has inspired thousands of people not only in Canada but across Europe. He was a small town boy who almost did not make it through school, yet by the end of the war he had became an international hero. He displayed leadership skills, achieved major accomplishments on and off the battlefield, was a role model for fellow pilots, and a moral booster not only for the armed forces but also for the general public.