At the end of the Second World War his was virtually a household name — a hero among heroes. Today he’s largely forgotten, partly because he was uncomfortable in a hero’s role, but mostly because he ...

George "Buzz" Beurling of Verdun was Canada's greatest flying ace of the Second World War. Flying ace George "Buzz" Beurling (right) was a guest of honour at a Kiwanis Club lunch at the Windsor Hotel ...

One of the most successful and decorated Canadian World War II "Top Guns," George Frederic' Buzz' Beurling, was born in Montreal one hundred years ago on December 6, 1921. After the war, he joined the ...

At 22, Flight Lieut. George (“Buzz”) Beurling, D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M. and bar, was through with fighting Germans. Now he meant to fly for China. One of World War II’s best fighter pilots, Beurling ...

George (Buzz) Beurling, a Canadian fighter ace during the Second World War, marks up his kill of enemy aircraft. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO MONTREAL - Flight Lt. George (Buzz) Beurling, Canada's deadliest ...

The memory of George “Buzz” Beurling, Canadian war hero who was killed near Rome two months ago while en route to fight for the state of Israel, was honored here last night at a meeting in the Shaar ...

MONTREAL—Flight Lt. George (Buzz) Beurling, Canada’s deadliest air ace in the Second World War, earned the nickname “the Falcon of Malta” after his eagle eyes and quick trigger finger sent a record ...

George “Buzz” Beurling of Verdun was Canada’s greatest flying ace of the Second World War. He shot down 31 enemy aircraft, almost all of them in the skies over the Mediterranean during the defence of ...