Middlemiss & George Beurling while with 403 (RCAF) squadron in England - late 1943. 
These two also flew together in 249 (RAF) squadron during the defence of Malta in 1942


Defense of Malta - George Beurling 

Late November 1942 - Verdun Arena - Beurling makes a well received speech to his hometown crowd as well as the CBC microphones. It included this little story : &quot;I came right up underneath his tail. I was going faster than he was; about fifty yards behind. I was tending to overshoot. I weaved off to the right, and he looked out to his left. I weaved to the left and he looked out to his right. So, he still didn't know I was there. About this time I closed up to about thirty yards, and I was on his portside coming in at about a fifteen-degree angle. Well, twenty-five to thirty yards in the air looks as if you're right on top of him because there is no background, no perspective there and it looks pretty close. I could see all the details in his face because he turned and looked at me just as I had a bead on him. One of my can shells caught him in the face and blew his head right off. The body slumped and the slipstream caught the neck, the stub of the neck, and the blood streamed down the side of the cockpit. It was a great sight anyway. The red blood down the white fuselage. I must say it gives you a feeling of satisfaction when you actually blow their brains out.&quot; 
                                  - The crowd went wild much to Screwball's delight

Buzz Beurling speaking in his local Hockey Arena

Son of Herbert and Frances Williams, of Chilliwack, B.C.
Born 1 February 1922 in Kamloops, British Columbia
Educated there and in Chilliwack (1936-1940)
Name changed from &quot;Larson&quot; to &quot;Williams&quot;
  - following his mother's second marriage
He was so keen to enlist that he took a six month 
  - ground course in aviation by correspondence
Enlisted in Vancouver, 24 October 1940
Attended No.2 Manning Depot, Brandon
Trained at 
No.2 ITS, Regina (17 January to 20 February 1941)
No.16 EFTS, Edmonton (21 February to 3 May 1941) &amp;
No.32 SFTS, Moose Jaw (4 May to 16 July 1941)
graduated as Sergeant, 30th in a class of 61
  - (school mates included J.H. Turnbull and H.J. Everard)
Arrived in Britain, 30 August 1941
Trained at 
No.57 OTU, 5 September to 21 October 1941
No.132 Squadron, 21 October 1941 to 30 March 1942
Promoted to Flight Sergeant, 1 February 1942
No.603 Squadron, 30 March to 28 April 1942
No.164 Squadron, 28 April to 9 May 1942
No.249 Squadron, 9 May 1942
Commissioned 22 June 1942
No.2 SPTC, 29 June 1942
No.145 Squadron, 21 July 1942
No.1413 Flight, 8 September 1942
Killed 31 October 1942 in crash of Liberator AL516
  - (No.511 Squadron), Gibraltar ; 
(Buzz Beurling &amp; Gord Farquharson survived)

Known on Malta as &quot;Willie the Kid&quot;

Award presented to next of kin, 18 May 1944