Spurr, Frank
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frank |
Surname | Spurr |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Spurr and Clara Dawson (née Gray), of Sibsey, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster l |
Serial Number | W4835 |
Markings | OF-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 165. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 100 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 655184 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 3 September 1919, Middlesbrough. His father Albert died on 28 February 1929, following which Clara moved from Yorkshire to ran a boarding house (Seaview, Skegness). In 1942 she moved to Sibsey, Lincs. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-01-1943 |
End Date | 31-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (32% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took of from Woodhall Spa detailed to attack targets in Hamburg. Aircraft lost without trace. Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Ludwig Becker of 12./NJG1 15km East of Texel over the North Sea at 0310 hrs. This was Becker's 44th and last victory, he was killed on 26 February 1943, when his night-fighter crashed into the North Sea. |