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  • Collection: Arthur, Eric Garnet

YArthurEG431155v1.pdf
Diary starts in early 1944 and describes in some detail his journey to England and his travels around Britain when on leave. Eric was called up into the Australian Army in November 1941 and transferred to the RAAF in June 1943. Went to No 2 AOS at Mt…

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AArthurEG09XXXX.mp3
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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Sign held up by his family to greet Eric on the Melbourne docks on his repatriation to Australia after 19 months away in Britain. The sign reads 'Eric Arthur "You Beaut" Here we are'.

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Eight men posed in two rows, seated on a wooden bench with part of a lifeboat in the background. John Herriman is on the back row on the left, Eric is next to him.

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Eric Arthur's pilot on 627 squadron in the cockpit of a Mosquito.

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Four ground crew with Eric gathered round the left hand propeller of a Mosquito.

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Evelyn Currie wearing headscarf and woolly coat, grass and hedge in background.

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Evelyn Currie and her collie at Sark Bridge, Gretna. Standing close to the river with a dog on a lead, she is wearing a long brown coat and trousers. River and stone bridge in background.

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Head and shoulders portrait of Eric with officers hat, observers brevet, medal ribbons, and Pathfinder badge.

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

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

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John Herriman, Erics pilot, standing on the tailplane of a 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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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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Eric on leave at the Browns, Carlisle. He is wearing civilian clothes and has a camera slung over his shoulder.

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

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

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

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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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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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