Malcolm Burger

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Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger
Born(1894-09-14)14 September 1894
Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
Diedafter 1958[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
RankLieutenant
UnitNo. 54 Squadron RAF
AwardsDistinguished 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]

  1. ^ Revised Registers of Voters Qualified to Vote at Elections of Members of the Legislative Council, 1958. Government Printer. 1958. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger".
  3. ^ 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