| Reports on what happened are varied. George Beurling ended up at Urbe Airport in Rome on his way to Israel. Their transportation was a Norduuyn Norseman, an aircraft known to be tricky on takeoff if the pilot was not familiar with it. On May 21, 1948, the front page of the Montreal Gazette reported that George Beurling and his friend, an American fighter pilot, Moshe Cohen, were dead. His engine cut on take-off, and in a desperate attempt to get his Norseman back on to the field he spun in. Sabotage was suspected but never proven. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just found this artical . Steve |
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
Here are some pictures on George Beurling. George Beurling Earnest Uted George in the Hospital George marking his down planes. Steve
ReplyDeleteGeorge's memiorum George wasn't goog enuogh for the R.C.A.F.(education) So he joined the R.A.F.Just a good old boy from Verdun. Steve "play safe N have fun"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.constable.ca/beurling.htm Here is the ink I found this stuff. Steve
ReplyDeleteAlthough George Beurling was at first in the RAF he was later in the RCAF. I lived next door to him on Rielle and am still in contact with his cousins, the Murphys/ I have a water color painting his father gave my parents.
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