Malcolm Burger

Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger
Born Unknown
Died Unknown
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Air Force
Rank Lieutenant
Unit No. 54 Squadron RAF
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross

Lieutenant Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger was a World War I flying ace credited with five victories.[1] He became an acting Captain in November 1918, and remained in the Royal Air Force after war's end.[2]

Honors and awards

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

  1. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/safrica/burger.php
  2. ↑ Above the Trenches Supplement. p. 2.

References

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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