Billy Bishop's bright idea
Date11/5/1982
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Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956
(subject)
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
(subject)
Stuparyk, Michael
(photographer)
Toronto Star (Firm)
(publisher)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Billy Bishop's bright idea: Sometime in the 1940s, Canada's World War I flying ace Billy Bishop had a dozen light bulbs made - each with a model DC-3 Dakota inside. The Victoria Cross-winning pilot would give the bulbs to friends as gifts - and at least one of the fragile bulbs has survived Bishop, who died in 1956. Stewart Morrison, 28, of Mississauga (above), has one of the unusual bulbs - and it still works. He's been told it may be worth $5,000.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0032893F
11/5/1982
9/1/1938
1/22/1982