Louis Bisson, was a

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. He was born in 1909 in

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(now

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). He died on 19 September 1997. He flew for the

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Ferry Command during World War II. Louis Bisson received the

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on 11 June 1942. He was appointed an Officer of the

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on 1 January 1944. He was appointed a Member of the

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on 23 June 1980. He was inducted in the Québec Air and Space Hall of Fame on 21 October 2002. The

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over the

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is named after him.

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God's co-pilot: Captain Louis Bisson logged 10,000 air miles in 138 Atlantic crossings with Ferry Command and years later became a bishop.
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