Phillip Scott Burge

Phillip Scott Burge, MC, MM (29 March 1895 – 24 July 1918) was a World War One fighter pilot and flying ace.

He joined the British Army early in the war and was awarded the Military Medal in mid-1916 while serving with the Royal Fusiliers.

He scored his first aerial victory on 23 March 1918, when he destroyed a Fokker Dr.I triplane fighter over Bourlon Wood.

One week later, he and James Anderson Slater shared in the destruction of a German two-seater reconnaissance aeroplane over Croisilles, France.

[5][7] On 24 July 1918, Phillip Scott Burge was killed in action when his plane caught fire.