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Jos · 27 November 2006, 02:07 AM

Hello all,

Philip Markham's conclusion in the article Ira mentioned:

"My attempt to confirm Bishop's claim to have attacked an enemy arerodrome and to have destroyed three enemy aircraft on 2 June 1917 has been altogether unsuccesful. I have been unable to discover any supporting evidence; in fact it has been quite the reverse.
The point has come when the facts must be faced, when the opinion of his comrades and comtemporaries that Bishop was a fake and when the comment in the Nachrichtenblatt der Luftstreitkräfte, which describes the aerodrome attack as fictitious, must be taken seriously, and weighed against the character of the man.
I have spent a number of years in a thorough investigation of this award and I believe that I have covered all available aspects. The evidence, from both British and German sources, shows that there were no aircraft losses in the Jastas of 2 or 6. armee on 2 June 1917 and indicates very clearly that the aerodrome attack never took place. There is not a shred of evidence to support Bishop's claims."

By the way in the same Volume of OTF there is another article by Philp Markham titled: Other early morning Aerorome attacks.

In Cross and Cockade Vol. 32 No. 1 2001 there's an article titled "The Bishop Affair". A previously unpublished document by Wing Commander William Mays Fry, MC. entrusted for publication to Alex Revell.

Jos

27 November 2006, 02:07 AM	#15 (permalink)
Jos Forum Ace Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Heerlen, The Netherlands Posts: 784	Hello all, Philip Markham's conclusion in the article Ira mentioned: "My attempt to confirm Bishop's claim to have attacked an enemy arerodrome and to have destroyed three enemy aircraft on 2 June 1917 has been altogether unsuccesful. I have been unable to discover any supporting evidence; in fact it has been quite the reverse. The point has come when the facts must be faced, when the opinion of his comrades and comtemporaries that Bishop was a fake and when the comment in the Nachrichtenblatt der Luftstreitkräfte, which describes the aerodrome attack as fictitious, must be taken seriously, and weighed against the character of the man. I have spent a number of years in a thorough investigation of this award and I believe that I have covered all available aspects. The evidence, from both British and German sources, shows that there were no aircraft losses in the Jastas of 2 or 6. armee on 2 June 1917 and indicates very clearly that the aerodrome attack never took place. There is not a shred of evidence to support Bishop's claims." By the way in the same Volume of OTF there is another article by Philp Markham titled: Other early morning Aerorome attacks. In Cross and Cockade Vol. 32 No. 1 2001 there's an article titled "The Bishop Affair". A previously unpublished document by Wing Commander William Mays Fry, MC. entrusted for publication to Alex Revell. Jos __________________ "Kennscht mi noch? "