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Seven airmen below the open bomb doors of a Lancaster. Four are standing and three are kneeling. Eric Varney is kneeling bottom right. All except one person are wearing parachte harnesses. There is another Lancaster in the background.

Eric Varney, wearing parachute harness and flying boots, with another airman at the rear of a Lancaster.

Half-length portrait of Eric Varney portrait with folded arms, looking sideways. A broach with wings on his lapel.

Eric Varney completed 28 operations as a mid upper gunner with 207 Squadron from RAF Spilsby. After the war Eric worked as a bus driver, coal miner, long distance lorry driver and coal merchant.