Robert Lawrence Spurdle

I whānau mai i te 3 Mar 1918 - I mate atu i te 5 Mar 1994

Nama Hōia: WWII 44230 AWMM
WWII NZ2454 AWMM
NZ2454
Public - John - Researcher - 4 March 2021 - C. Hanson By Such Deeds page 452. 44230 was his RAF service number
Ingoa kārangaranga: Peter AWMM
Spud AWMM
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Air Force AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: WW2 Royal Air Force, No. 12 (RNZAF) Personnel Despatch & Reception Centre AWMM
WW2 Squadron Leader AWMM
Pakanga: World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Robert Lawrence Spurdle — In snow at Volkel January 1945. Image from Lee Melles collection. Caption from Sortehaug, P. (1998). p. 207. left to right, back row: Keith Alexander Smith, William Arthur Kalka, William John Campbell, Andrew Ralph Evans, Neville Joseph Powell, Brian John O Connor, Owen David Eagleson, William Alan Liddell Trott, Loyd James Appleton, Raymond Jack Danzey. Front row; Sydney john Short, Colin James McDonald, Thomas Michael Fenton, Cornelius James Sheddan, Harold Longley, Keith Frederick Thiele, Arthur Ernest Umbers, Evan Mackie, Joseph Crafts, Robert Spurdle, John Edward Wood, Ross Alexander Melles, Alan Clive Inclis, William Lister Miller. - This image may be subject to copyright

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Hononga ki waho: Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used
Battle of Britain, a website
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/bobhome.html
Further Reference
Battle of Britain Historical Society, a website.
http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/
Further Reference
Fighter Pilots. Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 124, 28 May 1941, Page 11
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410528.2.105&srpos
Further Reference
See a list of New Zealanders awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp here (PDF). Compiled with the assistance of Errol Martyn and linked from the NZHistory page produced by Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/nz-battle-of-britain-list.pdf
Further Reference
Battle of Britain: Allied Pilots, Aircrew Remembered
https://aircrewremembered.com/BattleOfBritainDatabase/battlebritain-alpha-list.html
Further Reference
Wikipedia contributors. (2025, November 15). List of World War II aces from New Zealand. In Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_New_Zealand
Further Reference
Aviation Safety Network:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/308866
Public - Antonio - Researcher - 28 May 2026 - Internet research
His story:
https://aircrewremembered.com/spurdle-robert-lawrence.html
Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 19 February 2024 - https://aircrewremembered.com/spurdle-robert-lawrence.html
Ngā tuhinga: Thompson, H. (1956). New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vols. 1-3). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Wynn, K. (1981). A clasp for "The Few". Auckland. N.Z.: Author.
Sortehaug, P. (1998). The wild winds : the history of number 486 RNZAF Fighter Squadron with the RAF5. Dunedin, N.Z.: Author.
The Evening Post
Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
p. 452
Information kindly provided by family
Ministry for Culture and Heritage. (2012). New Zealanders serving with RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, 10 July – 31 October 1940. [A list compiled by Ministry for Culture and Heritage with Errol Martyn].
RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] - Historical Items - List of New Zealand Fighter aces with their Scores (Unofficial) December 1944. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845799).

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