Bishop. New evidence

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Billy_Bishop

So if I had an anonymous source who claimed to have seen the attack of 2 June, 1917, that would be believed too?

I didn't think so.

Neither do I, as long as it remained anonymous. Alex’s disinclination to name the unknown lessens its impact. But even if he was named, it is only the opinion of someone who was not there, reports the disbelief of Bishop’s contemporaries, without naming them, reveals that he was in a unique position of being able to carefully scrutinise 60RFC records and expresses an opinion. It is not clear whether he looked at German archives himself but he refers to them. I don’t think anyone contributing to this thread relies upon the extract one way or the other.

Your hypothetical anonymous’ account would, or should, be judged on its merits and the quality of the record. If there was a contemporaneous or near contemporaneous record of a witness to the raid it would be subjected to the same scrutiny as the unknown’s account.

Mind you, it would cause a sensation.

[Billy_Bishop]

Originally Posted by Richard_Schrader

Al;
Yes, coming from you I would. The same goes for Alex, because I believe that both of you are men of honor and truth.

Thank you Richard. If I ever come into possession of such material, I'll of course share it.

Originally Posted by Vigilant

I feel you may have blown your 'independent' credentials, Al, by posting under the name Billy Bishop!

A most interesting thread - I do hope Alex will be able to get some of these 'family' memoirs published eventually.

Vig.

I never claimed to be "independent." If anything blew that chance, it's my website, http://www.billybishop.net that did that, LONG before I chose the log-in name of "Billy Bishop."

Having said that, I do try to be fair, but if I don't know what source certain information came from, or if certain information from a specific source contradicts previous information from the same source, WITHOUT proper explanation, I can't be expected to put much creedence in said information, can I.

I do however, find it interesting that three of my personal heroes, Billy Bishop, Gen. G.A. Custer, and Gen. G. S. Patton, were all surrounded by controversy of one sort or another.