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| Name: |
Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger |
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South Africa |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
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Royal Air Force |
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54 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
14 September 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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The sons of Barend and Margaret Burger, Malcolm Graham Stewart Burger and his brother, Maurice Fitzgerald S. Burger, served with the Royal Air Force. In 1918 Lieutenant Burger downed five enemy machines flying the Sopwith Camel with 54 Squadron.
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| 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.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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18 Jun 1918 |
0900 |
54 |
Sopwith Camel (B7171) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
NE of Armentières |
| 2 |
03 Sep 1918 |
0700 |
54 |
Sopwith Camel (E5175) |
Hannover CL (DES) |
Moeuvres |
| 3 |
07 Sep 1918 |
1910 |
54 |
Sopwith Camel (E5175) |
Halberstadt C (DES) 1 |
NW of Marquion |
| 4 |
28 Sep 1918 |
1315 |
54 |
Sopwith Camel (C8345) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
NW of Raillencourt |
| 5 |
02 Oct 1918 |
1740 |
54 |
Sopwith Camel (F1986) |
Fokker D.VII (CAP) 2 |
Tilloy |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt George Hackwill, Lt J C MacLennan (F1962), Lt C G Vandyk (F2060), 2Lt H J Fuller (F5932) |
| 2 |
Shared with 2Lt J C Dallin (C3380), Capt A D C Browne (F1987), 2Lt H J Fuller (F1988), Capt V S Bennett (F2131), Lt E C Crosse (F2132) |
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