THE FALCON OF MALTA
Jul 02, 2019
4 minutes
BY BOB GORDON
I n a few short weeks he downed 27 Axis aircraft. A deeply religious, nonsmoking teetotaler who eschewed profanity and possessed little more than a grade school education, George Beurling was obsessed with flying and shooting and confessed to love to partner his passions. Canada’s most visible war hero in 1943 ruined his fundraising war bond tour by telling a reporter, “One of my can shells caught him in the face and blew his head right off….I must say it gives you a feeling of satisfaction when you actually blow their brains out.”
The public knew him as “Buzz”
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