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Malcolm Burger

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Died
  
Unknown

Service/branch
  
Royal Air Force

Unit
  
No. 54 Squadron RAF

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Rank
  
Lieutenant

Awards
  
Distinguished Flying Cross

Award
  
Distinguished Flying Cross

Lieutenant Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger 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 war's end.

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)

References

Malcolm Burger Wikipedia