Squadron leader?

Hi

My great uncle was reported to be a squadron leader (possibly fighter command). His name was Murray Spaulding (I believe that is the correct spelling). I only met him once when I was very young. I am trying to find out about him. Has anyone came across his name before or got any info on him?

regards

Pete

 

Possible contenter.

Name: Murray Bruce Spalding Birth Date: 15 Aug 1923

Date of Registration: Jan 2001

Age at Death: 77

Registration district: St Austell

Inferred County: Cornwall


Name:Murray B Spalding

Mother's Maiden Surname: Martin

Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1923

Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne

Inferred County: Cumberland

 

yeah that's him - he did ending up living in cornwall. just wondering about his ww2 service

 

Can't believe inferred county for a Newcastle Upon Tyne birth is Cumberland!

Have you searched for him on London Gazette?

His RAF commission and any subsequent promotions ought to be in there.

Good Luck

Steve Y (born in Cumberland)

 

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
LONDON
GAZETTE,



Ldg.
Acm.
7th
Apr.
1944.
Murray Bruce
SPALDING
(164994).

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36705/supplement/4321/data.pdf


Flying
Officers,
extended
service
(four
years
on
the
active
list)\

27th
June
1946.
Murray
Bruce
SPALDING
(164994).

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37784/supplement/5526/data.pdf

Appointment
to
Commission
As
Wing Commander (Ground Branch)
(Four
Years)

:
Murray
Bruce
SPALDING
(164994).
1st
Nov.
1968.
To
Command
No. 3
(County
of
Devon)
Maritime
Headquarters
Unit
1st
Dec. 1968. (Sub-
stituted
for
Notifications
3rd
Dec. 1968
(p.
12947,
col.
1) and
17th Dec. 1968
(p.
13514, col.
2.)
Extension
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44774/supplement/1003/data.pdf

 

Newcastle Upon Tyne would, of course, have been Northumberland at that time and it's a fair distance from Cumberland.

 

Note in first Gazette mention his original no was 1523822 this shows that he joined RAF April 1941 at Padgate Warrington Cheshire.

Wasn't me who did the transcript in Ancestry

 

thanks for the links - I have found a few more gazette links. Is there anyway to work out which squadron(s) he would have been associated with or which planes he flew?