George Beurling
Summary of victory claims
Beurling was provisionally credited with 31 air victories destroyed (and one third shared destroyed), and 9 damaged.

George Beurling

Section Title: Summary of victory claims
Table Section Text: Beurling was provisionally credited with 31 air victories destroyed (and one third shared destroyed), and 9 damaged.

Chronicle of aerial victories

Claim No.	Date	Flying	Kills	Notes

1	1 May 1942	Spitfire Vb W3383 (41 Sqn)	1 x Fw 190	Rodeo 9 to Hardelot; 13.05–14.45 hours. Surviving Luftwaffe records indicate no obvious matching losses.[page needed]

2	3 May 1942	Spitfire Vb W3636 (41 Sqn)	1 x Fw 190	Shot down 2–3 miles off Cap Gris Nez. Originally recorded as a "probable" and updated later to a confirmed.

12 June 1942	Spitfire Vc BR176 (249 Sqn)	1 x Bf 109 damaged	249 Squadron scrambled a dozen Spitfires against eight Bf 109s. Beurling claimed to have shot the tail off a BF 109 but was only awarded a "damaged".

3–4–5.	6 July 1942	Spitfire Vc BR323	2 x Macchi C. 202s and 1x Bf 109 destroyed. 1 x Cant Z. 1007 damaged.	Combat between 8–15 to 8-45am versus three Cant Z1007s bombers from 9 Stormo, escorted by 14 Re 2001s of 2 Gruppo CT and 12 Macchi C.

6–7	8 July 1942	Spitfire Vc BR128	1 x Bf 109 destroyed. 1 x Bf 109 and 1 x Ju 88 damaged	Scrambled at 7–30 am versus 7 Ju 88s, escorted by Bf 109s of I./JG 77 and 21 MC202s of 20 Gruppo.

8–9.	10 July 1942	Spitfire Vc BR323	1 x Bf 109 and 1 x MC 202 destroyed	Combat versus 14 Ju 88s escorted by C.202s of 20 Gruppo and Bf 109s of JG 53. Seven Spitfires of 249 claimed two fighters shot down and one damaged, and 603 Squadron a Ju 88 damaged and a Bf 109 probable.

10–12.	12 July 1942	Spitfire Vc BR565	3 x MC202s Destroyed	Scrambled at 9–45 am to intercept 11 Ju 88s, and entered combat with the escort. Beurling shot down a Re 2001 of 358 Squadriglia, 2 Gruppo CT North of Gozo; Ten.

13.	23 July 1942	Spitfire Vc BR135	1 x Re 2001 destroyed. 1 x Ju 88 damaged	Scrambled at 10-21am and engaged a raid consisting of three Ju 88s and five Re2001 and seven Bf 109s as escort.

14–15–16–17.	27 July 1942	Spitfire Vc BR301	2 x C 202s and 2 x Bf 109s destroyed. 2 x Bf 109s damaged.	At 9–15 five 249 Squadron scrambled to engage the departing eight Ju 88 raiding Ta' Qali; In combat with 13 C.202s Beurling downed Serg Falerio Gelli (3 claimed victories) of 378 Squadriglia, 155 Gruppo CT (wounded, he crash- landed near Ta'Kuljat on Gozo and was made POW) and ace Capt.

18.	29 July 1942	Spitfire Vc BR301	1 x BF 109 destroyed.	Seven 249 Squadron scrambled to intercept 20 Bf 109s and C.202s. Attacked by a Bf 109 Beurling's canopy was shot off but he managed to evade, and then shoot down a Bf 109 some 3 miles North of Grand Harbour.

19	8 August 1942	Spitfire Vb EN973	1 x BF 109 destroyed	Five 249 Sqn. Spitfires engaged eight Bf 109s at 8–30 some 8 miles from Zonkor Point.

19.33	13 August 1942	Spitfire Vb EP135	Third share x Ju 88 destroyed	Intercepted at 17–40 NE of Linosa. F/L F.

20.33–21.33.	25 September 1942	Spitfire Vb EP706	2 x Bf 109s destroyed. 1 x Bf 109 damaged.	Ten 249 Sqn Spitfires scrambled at 11-20am, and tangled with a dozen Bf 109s. Beurling made the only claims.

22.33–23.33.	10 October 1942	Spitfire Vb EP706	2 x Bf 109s destroyed	Beurling was flying an air test when vectored onto two low-level Bf 109s and entered combat over Filfla. At least one Bf 109 of JG 77 reportedly crash landed on Sicily.

24–25–26.33	13 October 1942	Spitfire Vc BR173	2 x Bf 109s and 1 x Ju 88 destroyed. 1 x Ju 88 damaged.	Eight 249 Sqn fighters intercepted 7 Ju 88s and 30 109s over St Paul’s Bay; Beurling claimed the Ju 88 of I/LG 1; Fw Anton Wilfner and crew were killed.

27–28–29.33	14 October 1942	Spitfire Vc BR173	2 x Bf 109s and 1 x Ju 88 destroyed	Seven 249 Sqn. fighters entered combat at approx.

30.33	24 September 1943	Spitfire F IX MA585 (403 Sqn)	1 x Fw 190 destroyed	Ramrod No. 243 to the Beauvais/Poix area.

31.33	30 December 1943	Spitfire LF IX MH883	1 x Fw 190 destroyed.	Lone fighter spotted and shot down 7 miles W Compeigne. Fw 190A-5 (Werknummer 1175) "White 16" of 5./JG 26 (Uzz.

TOTALS	31 kills (plus 1/3 sh)	9 damaged

Sentence(s)

On 6 July 1942, George Beurling attacked a formation of three Cant Z1007s, 14 Re.2001s, and more than two dozen Macchi C.

final_sentence: On 6 July 1942, George Beurling attacked a formation of three Cant Z1007s, 14 Re.2001s, and more than two dozen Macchi C.