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  • Collection: Arthur, Eric Garnet

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Covers Eric's time training in Australia and his time in Britain with 627 Squadron flying Mosquito from RAF Woodhall Spa. He discusses the attack on Oslo on New Years Eve 1944. He flew a total of 45 operations, all with the same pilot, John Herriman.

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Newspaper cutting showing the debris in the street after the attack on Oslo on New years Eve 1945 by Mosquitos.

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A formal head and shoulders portrait of Eric in Australian Army uniform with slouch hat.

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Formal head and shoulders portrait of Eric wearing a greatcoat with aircrew training flash in his hat.

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Eight airmen, informal pose outside wooden building at Port Pirie, Eric is front left.

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Head and shoulders portrait of Eric with sergeant rank badges and navigators brevet.

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Newly qualified aircrew parading in Melbourne before they were posted to their duty stations. Eric is in the middle of the second row of sergeants.

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Eric and Bob standing on top of the Empire state Building in New York.

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Eric and Bob with sergeant rank badges, navigator brevets, standing in front of a two story building with trees in the background.

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Air and ground crew posed in three rows and another row on the Mosquito's inner wing and engines. Eric is front row, second from the left.

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Aircrew posed in two rows in front of a Mosquito, on grass. Eric is back row, third from the left.

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Eric is seated, reading a book, wearing sheepskin body warmer.

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Four airmen sitting on Mosquito long range fuel tanks and their corporal pose with Mosquitos and airfield background.

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Five airmen standing under the nose of Mosquito, squadron letter V

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White, two story building, gravel car park, sign for afternoon teas, trees in background.

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Close up of the left hand side of the nose of aircraft squadron letter "M" with 101 operations recorded. The pilot in the cockpit is John Herriman.

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Eric on leave at the Browns, Carlisle. He is wearing civilian clothes and has a camera slung over his shoulder.

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On ground, showing close up of right hand side of nose, the four machine guns, open cabin door and ladder in place. Wing Commander Cheshire's Mosquito.

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Three 627 Squadron ground crew sitting on their motorcycles in front of a Mosquito. They are Sergeant Ken Flatt, Flight Sergeant Doug Garton and Sergeant Vic Atter. The motorbike on the right is a Matchless, the other two are Aerial Red Hunters. The…

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John Herriman, Erics pilot, standing on the tailplane of a Mosquito.

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John Herriman, Eric's pilot, laying on the right hand inboard wing of a Mosquito, holding a practice bomb.

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Eric's Aerial Red Hunter called "Euphemia." Eric bought the motorcycle towards the end of his time at RAF Woodhall Spa in the spring of 1945.

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Eric standing by the tail of a Mosquito, aircraft serial DZ32-.

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Seven aircrew in flying clothing, in a row in front of a Lancaster tail turret, squadron letters KC-H. Eric (far left) was part of the crew when his squadron commander, Wing Commander Rolo Kingsford-Smith (centre) 'borrowed' a Lancaster from No 617…

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Shows bomb damage of area around the cathedral, railway station and bridge over the Rhine. The photograph taken from a 627 Squadron Mosquito.

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