No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant RL Spurdle DFC. Presumed to be Espiritu Santo.

Flight Lieutenant RL Spurdle DFC, in front of a Harvard. Presumed to be No. 2 Operational Training Unit, RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Close up front view of a No. 80 Squadron Tempest with Bob Spurdle standing in the cockpit. Unknown location. Caption on the back reads: "Self and Tempest 5 W2-S, My personal aircraft."

Flight Lieutenant RL Spurdle DFC, RAF. Believed to be No. 2 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit, RNZAF Station Ohakea.

No. 16 Squadron pilot Flight Lieutenant RL Spurdle DFC. Believed to be at Espiritu Santo. Good view of flying helmet and goggles. Note 'SPUD', Spurdle's nickname, painted on his Mae West.

Image from the Robert Spurdle personal collection. Line up of Vildebeests on the grass at RNZAF Station Wigram. NZ102 in front.