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It brings to light the career of a NZ pilot, who fought in the Battle of Britain, in the Pacific the finally to finish flying Tempest's with 2nf TAF, in Europe. Please note that these policies are in place to ensure the smooth operation of our establishment and to provide clarity and fairness to all our guests. The author, Bob Spurdle, had an amazing career in the RAF and is probably one of very few pilots who served in both the Middle Eastern, European and Pacific theatres of war.It’s sad in parts but in the context of the times I understand why everyone lived for today, tomorrow was another problem.

Impatient to fly and a rebel against blind officialdom, he wangled one operational posting after another, and was still in action in August 1945. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. As one of Sailor Malan’s Tigers, the Spitfire dominated Bob Spurdle’s WWII flying career with 74 Squadron. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.He had a healthy disrespect of many of his superiors, but gives his all in the fight against his enemies. When he was taken of flying in 1945 being determined to be there at the finish so he volunteered to join the ground forces as a fighter director to be part of the final assault by The 21st British Army over the Rhine. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Azores, Balearic Islands, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Irish Republic, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madeira, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State. No party is complete without decorations, fun for the family and a little bit of music – upgrade your party and let us set the scene for your party.