Eric Harrison (RAAF officer)

Eric Harrison was an Australian aviator who made the countrys first military flight, and helped lay the groundwork for the Royal Australian Air Force . Born in Victoria, he was a flying instructor in Britain when, in 1912, he answered the Australian Defence Departments call for pilots to form an aviation school. Along with Henry Petre, he established Australias first air base at Point Cook, Victoria, and its inaugural training unit, the Central Flying School , before making his historic flight in March 1914. Following the outbreak of World War160I, when Petre went on active service with the Mesopotamian Half Flight, Harrison took charge of instructing student pilots of the Australian Flying Corps at CFS.

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