George+Beurling

nick name: Buzz or Screwball Place of birth: Verdun, Quebec, Canada Place of death: Rome, Italy Allegiance: British Empire Rank: flight Lieutenant Wars/battles: WWII Awards: Distinguished service order, distinguished flying cross, and distinguished flying medal and bar.

George beurling was Canada's most succesful pilot of WWII. He was known as the falcon of malta and the knight of malta. He shot down 27 enemy planes in 14 days, and at the end of the war it was 31, or 31 1/3. After the war George died in a plane crash while delivering an aircraft to Israel.