Malcolm Burger

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]

Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger
Born(1894-09-14)14 September 1894
Graff Reniet
DiedUnknown
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
RankLieutenant
UnitNo. 54 Squadron RAF
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross

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.
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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. ISBN 1-898697-39-6, ISBN 978-1-898697-39-8


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