Hero : the Buzz Beurling story / Brian Nolan.
A biography of Canada's premiere fighter ace of the Second World War. Beginning his service in the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1941, Beurling, a bit of a loner wholly devoted to developing his skills as a fighter pilot, found it difficult to adapt himself to the accepted discipline so essential to working well in a squadron tasked with flying combat over Western Europe. But, when Beurling volunteered for combat service in Malta (arriving there in the early summer of 1942 when the island was under siege from both the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica), he came into his own as a fighter pilot. Within 4 months, he was credited with shooting down 28 enemy planes and enjoyed a reputation as a top pilot and superb shot. Beurling survived the war. But his life was cut short when he died in an air crash in 1948, aged 26.
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- ISBN: 9780919630406 :
- ISBN: 0919630405 :
- Physical Description: xii, 201 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Lester & Orpen Dennys, c1981.
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General Note: | Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 191-194. |
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