[SEDieter]

Barrett,

Greenhous actually refers to Crook's work in his Introduction. *On the topic of difficult cases and Bishop in particular, he writes

However, in another context, Crook refers to "the almost complete destruction of the W[ar] O[ffice] files relating to the award of the VC during the Great War,"[sup]22[/sup] which goes far toward explaining why no one has been able to find the paperwork surrounding Bishop's award and why he did not touch the Bishop case. (page 26)

Greenhous then implies that this lack of paperwork, should it ever be uncovered, might lead to various theories - such as an awarding of the VC with no witnesses, or that the British government was anxious to create a parallel hero to the Red Baron. (page 26)

Of course, I think that this paperwork "should it ever be uncovered" might indicate the opposite. *For all we know, it might indicate something completely different.