Malcolm Burger
British flying ace
Lieutenant Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger (14 September 1894 – after 1958) was a World War I flying ace credited with five victories. He became an acting Captain in November 1918, and remained in the Royal Air Force after the end of the war.
Honours 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)
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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.
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