Malcolm Burger
Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 September 1894 Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony |
| Died | after 1958[1] |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Air Force |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | No. 54 Squadron RAF |
| Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross |
Lieutenant Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger (14 September 1894 – after 1958) was a World War I flying ace credited with five victories.[2] He became an acting Captain in November 1918, and remained in the Royal Air Force after the end of the war.[3]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Lieut. (A./Capt.) Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger. (FRANCE)
- "During the last battles this officer displayed marked gallantry and devotion to duty on low-flying bombing patrols, inflicting heavy casualties on numerous occasions. He has destroyed three enemy machines, and forced another to land." Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 February 1919 (31170/2036)
Sources of information
[edit]- ^ Revised Registers of Voters Qualified to Vote at Elections of Members of the Legislative Council, 1958. Government Printer. 1958. p. 15.
- ^ "Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger".
- ^ Above the Trenches Supplement. p. 2.
References
[edit]- Above the Trenches Supplement: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1996. ISBN 1-898697-39-6, ISBN 978-1-898697-39-8
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