Cyril Spurdens

Squadron Leader Cyril Norfolk Spurdens (23 March 1923 - November 2002) was a British Royal Air Force bomber pilot of the Second World War.
Spurdens was born in London and educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich. In 1940 he enlisted into the Royal Air Force, and held the rank of sergeant by 1943. On 5 February 1943 he commissioned into the General Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with the rank of pilot officer. On 5 August 1943 Spurdens was promoted to war substantive flight officer. On 20 August 1943, Spurdens was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross while serving with No. 70 Squadron RAF as a Vickers Wellington bomber pilot.
From October 1943 he served with No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF, based at RAF Aqir. On 1 January 1946 Spurdens was awarded the Air Force Cross for his services in the Middle East during the war. He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 5 August 1946, and on 15 June 1948 he received a permanent commission in the RAF. On 1 July 1952 Spurdens was promoted to Squadron Leader. He retired from the RAF on 19 September 1958.
On 23 March 1946, he married Massie Steer at St. Mary's Church, Watford. He died in Rutland in 2002.
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