British Forces

THE FALCON OF MALTA

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Flight Leader Buzz Beurling - RCAF DSO, DFC, DFM & Bar Beurling was born 6 December 1921 in Verdun, Quebec. Beurling enlisted 20 September 1940 Awarded wings, 9 September 1941 Served in Nos.403 and 41 Squadrons To No.249 Squadron, 9 June 1942 via HMS Eagle Wounded, 14 October 1942 Survived a Liberator crash at Gibraltar, 31 Oct. 1942 To No.1 Depot, UK, 31 October 1942 On loan to RCAF, 8 November 1942 shot down by Bob Buckham in an unreported - friendly-fire training incident early June 1943 To No.61 OTU (instructing), 6 July 1943 Transferred to RCAF, 1 September 1943 With No.403 Squadron, 5 September to 8 November 1943 No.126 Wing, 8-29 November 1943 No.412 Squadron, 29 November 1943 to 8 April 1944 To Canada, 30 April 1944 Arrived in Canada, 8 May 1944 Released from RCAF, 16 October 1944 Killed in plane crash (sabotage?) Rome, Italy, 20 May 1948 Two years later his body was moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Israel. He is buried next to Len Fitchett