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Bishop exhibits a pattern of letting the story grow and grow. To take a very glaring example - the original documents state Scott's machine was hit by one bullet, but by 1934 Bishop writes that "He had...also considerably damaged Major Scott, and had shot through part of his engine, with the result that it was operating at reduced power."
Details of aircraft markings etc are provided by Philip Markham and Greg Van Wyngarden, "Bishop's Aircraft - Colours and Markings, No.60 Squadron, RFC" in OVER THE FRONT, Volume 10 No.3 (1995) citing letters written by Bishop at the time to his fiancee. Nothing like original sources !
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