Captain William Billy Bishop by Ivan Berryman. SIG609 eventually joining the RAF in

eventually joining the RAF in England

the Fw190 for a time came to dominate the war-torn skies of Europe and was flown by many of the Luftwaffe's great Aces

the mighty Nelson gently nudges into position

Up and Over by Randall Wilson

Captain William Billy Bishop by Ivan Berryman. SIG609 eventually joining the RAF inDHM1608. Captain William Billy Bishop by Ivan Berryman. Undoubtedly one of the truly great Aces of the First World War, William Billy Bishop became celebrated for his technique of actively seeking out the enemy and bringing the fight to him, rather than the more usual practice of patrolling in search of enemy activity. An example of this was his single handed attack on a German airfield in June 1917 when he destroyed not only a number of aircraft on