Bishop, Lewis, CDR

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Commander
Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1948-1948, Naval Hospital (NAVHOSP)/Navy Regional Medical Center (NRMC)/Naval Medical Center (NAVMEDCEN)/Naval
Service Years
1937 - 1948
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
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Cold War
Commander Commander

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Home State
New York
New York
 Year of Birth
1915
 
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Contact Info
Last Address
DeKalb Junction
Date of Passing
Nov 01, 1987		  

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 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Retired

Author of Escape From Hell: An AVG Flying Tiger's Journey
   
Other Comments:

Downed five (5) Japanese planes while serving with AVG (Flying Tigers) in Burma and China, qualifying him as an "ace."

Forced to bail out from his damaged plane after a raid on Lao Kai, French Indochina on 17 May 1942. Captured by Vichy French and handed to Japanese military police (Kempetai). Held in Shanghai in brutal conditions for almost a year, almost dying from starvation, torture and disease.

Transferred to Kiangwan POW camp. Escaped from prison train with four Marines. For forty days they traveled 2,000 miles overland, reaching Allied lines on 30 June 1945.

After the war, Cdr. Bishop suffered from severe PTSD related to his time as a POW. He was medically retired from the Navy in 1948.
   
  1940-1941, Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL

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Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL Unit Page

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Ensign
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Base, Station or City
Flight Instructor
State/Country
Florida
  
 
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Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL

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Communications 		 

Parent Unit
Naval Air Stations
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Base

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Last Updated: Nov 22, 2008
   
   
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Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL
Read, Albert Cushing, RADM, (1907-1945) Captain
Gould, Erl Clinton Barker, RADM, (1917-1953) Lieutenant Commander
Woodson, Jefferson, LT, (1926-1942) Lieutenant
Duncan, George, CAPT, (1935-1968) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Bassett, Burt, CAPT, (1940-1969) Naval Aviation Cadet
Bebas, Constantine, ENS, (1938-1942) Naval Aviation Cadet
Isaman, Roy Maurice, RADM, (1944-1974) Naval Aviation Cadet
Osmus, Wesley, ENS, (1940-1942) Naval Aviation Cadet
Fitch, Aubrey Wray, ADM, (1906-1947) OFF Rear Admiral Upper Half
Sample, William Dodge, RADM, (1915-1945) OFF Commander
Doan, Henry Carpenter, CAPT, (1920-1953) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Duncan, Donald B., ADM, (1917-1957) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Isely, Robert Henry, CDR, (1933-1944) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Sprague, Thomas Lamison, VADM, (1917-1952) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Bishop, Roy Edward, CAPT, (1936-1967) OFF 410X Lieutenant
Gothie, Daniel Shinton, LT, (1932-1944) OFF Lieutenant
O'Callahan, Joseph Timothy, CAPT, (1940-1953) OFF 410X Lieutenant
Richardson, David Charles, VADM, (1932-1972) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Shilling, John Henry, CAPT, (1941-1967) OFF 410X Lieutenant
Yoho, John Richard, LCDR, (1929-1943) 00 00X Lieutenant
Anderson, Fernald Philip, CAPT, (1939-1976) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Donovan, John Tyler, LTJG, (1940-1942) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Gayler, Noel Arthur Meredyth, ADM, (1935-1976) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hilton, John Jacob, CAPT, (1934-1968) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Holmstrom, Carl Berman Adrien, LCDR, (1935-1944) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Riley, Paul James, LT, (1931-1942) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ringness, Henry Raymond, LT, (1939-1942) OFF 210X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Robinson, Richard Warren, LCDR, (1935-1945) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Rooney, Carl William, CAPT, (1928-1961) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Shirley, James Alexander, CAPT, (1941-1968) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Allen, Eric, LTJG, (1934-1941) OFF 00X Ensign
Anderson, Edward Lee, CAPT, (1938-1968) OFF Ensign
Aurand, Evan Peter, VADM, (1938-1972) OFF Ensign
Blair, Foster John, CDR, (1941-1966) OFF Ensign
Coats, Robert Charles, CAPT, (1940-1971) OFF 00X Ensign
Doherty, John Joseph, ENS, (1940-1942) OFF Ensign
Fox, Lee, ENS, (1941-1941) OFF 6302 Ensign
Jaccard, Richard Alonzo, ENS, (1940-1942) OFF Ensign
Knokey, Roger Clair, LT, (1941-1946) OFF 00X Ensign
Leslie, Harry Edwin, LT, (1941-1944) OFF Ensign
O'Flaherty, Frank Woodrow, ENS, (1940-1942) OFF Ensign
Russell, Allard, CAPT, (1940-1962) OFF 00X Ensign
Thomas, William E., CDR, (1940-1961) OFF 6302 Ensign
Weber, Frederick Thomas, ENS, (1938-1942) OFF Ensign
Wiseman, Osborne Beeman, LTJG, (1938-1942) OFF 00X Ensign
Zagaros, George, S1c, (1941-1945) ARM Other Service Rank
Schreiner, Alexander Jack, C.R.E., (1934-1944) 00 00X Chief Electrician (CWO)
Buck, William Herbert, NAVCAD, (1941-1942) 00 00X Naval Aviation Cadet
Smith, James Alexander, LT, (1940-1943) OFF Naval Aviation Cadet
Campbell, George Marvin, LTJG, (1928-1942) AM AM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Fulgham, Pat Fox, CPO, (1934-1943) AP AP-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Zahn, Neri Joseph, CPO, (1936-1946) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Witham, Paul Homer, PO1, (1938-1942) AMM AMM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Bemiss, Guy Morton, CPO, (1937-1954) Pho Petty Officer Second Class
Whitman, Arnold, PO1, (1936-1942) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Adair, Walter Charles, CPO, (1940-1945) AMM AMM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Quick, Arthur Walter, PO2, (1936-1943) AMM AMM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Camp, William Henry, PO2, (1939-1942) AOM AOM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Schwed, George, PO1, (1940-1944) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class

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