#249 Gold Coast Squadron RAF (Pugnis et calcibus), Malta. Canadian Pilot Officer GF Beurling (RAF)(Can) had several nicknames: "Buzz" , "Screwball" and "The Falcon of Malta" and was the highest scoring Canadian fighter ace in WW2. Pilot Officer Beurling is said to have jumped from the aircraft into the sea as it crashed and swam ashore despite having a cast on his leg and was taken to hospital.Beurling would return to Canada to speak in a Victory Bond tour and transfer to the RCAF. He never flew in combat again and was honourably discharged
After the war, Beurling went to Israel to fly P-51 Mustangs but was killed under mysterious circumstances flying in a Noordyne Norseman aircraft that crashed just after take off at Urbe Airfield at Rome, Italy 1948-05-20
Hero, The Falcon of Malta by Brian Nolan
Aces High, A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces of WWII by Christopher Shores and Clive Williams, Volume 1, pages 126-7