220171 Maj. George Albert "Roy" Hill Royal Flying Corps from:Rockwood, Ont, Canada My great uncle George Albert "Roy" Hill was born in Rockwood Ontario
in 1897. He died at the age of 76 in 1973, in Stratford Ontario.
He served with the Royal Flying Corps and flew with Billy Bishop in the great war.
He told me that Bishop did not shoot down the Red Baron.
Bishop was in his tent recovering from a hangover from the night before.
Therefore he was not in the air that day when the Baron was shot down.
It was either Roy Brown or ground fire that shot the Red Baron down.
Roy Brown did shoot the Red Baron down twice.
I was told that Billy Bishop would fly off on his own - shoot up his aircraft with his own guns. Nothing vital was ever hit on his plane.
When the D.N.D. at CFB Borden found that Bishop was a fraud, the
memorial plaque commemorating him was removed immediately.
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