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Second World War fighter pilot Eric Carter is one of only four
surviving members of a secret mission, code-named 'Force Benedict'.
Sanctioned by Winston Churchill in 1941 Force Benedict was
dispatched to defend Murmansk, the USSR's only port not under Nazi
occupation. If Murmansk fell, Soviet resistance against the Nazis
would be hard to sustain and Hitler would be able to turn all his
forces on Britain...Force Benedict was under the command of New
Zealand-born RAF Wing Commander Henry Neville Gynes
Ramsbottom-Isherwood, who led two squadrons of Hurricane fighters,
pilots and ground crew which were shipped to Russia in total
secrecy on the first ever Arctic Convoy. They were told to defend
Murmansk against the Germans 'at all costs'. 'We all reckoned the
government thought we'd never survive' - but Eric Carter did, and
was threatened with Court Martial if he talked about where he'd
been or what he'd done. Now he reveals his experiences of seventy
years ago in the hell on earth that was Murmansk, the largest city
north of the Arctic Circle. It will also include previously unseen
photos and documents, as well as exploring - for the first time -
other intriguing aspects of Force Benedict.
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