Eric Larger has passed away
 

Dear all,

It is with great sadness that I have to announce that my dear friend and co-author Eric Larger has passed away very unexpectedly during the night of Thursday 10 October. Only hours before we had been co-ordinating our next meeting later this year to discuss the work on, and compare material and notes for Part III of “Focke-Wulf Fw 190D – Camouflage & Markings”.

Eric and I met some fifteen years ago at the UK IPMS National Convention, and at the end of the second day we not only had founded our friendship, but were also firmly committed “to do something” with our documents, photographs, lists, etc. on the Fw 190D-9. We both wanted to build upon the experience and information shared by people that we truly considered our mentors on the theme – people like Jean-Yves Lorant, Eddie Creek, Jerry Crandall, Ken Merrick, et. al. – and ten years later this culminated in the first of our “Fw 190D – Camouflage & Markings” books.

We shared many other interests and had established concrete plans on preparing other publications – all this has now come to an abrupt halt.

I have lost a good friend, and the aviation research and modelling community a talented contributor, but above all it is a devastating loss for his wife Pascale and their three children, to whom he was a wonderful husband and a great father – may they all be in your prayers and thoughts.

Marc Deboeck

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Marc,
What a sad new, I was not aware about his death, Again last week I was in contact with him, Do you know what's happened ? Very sad new...

Regards
Loic

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Hi Marc,
i just learn this really sad news this morning and i am really sad,Eric and I have done some very good project together,and it's terrible to not be able to carry on, it was such a pleasure meeting him at last ,last year in Telford with you.

I will miss him very much,and i hope that his wife and kids will go throught this very difficult moment.


Best regards FRANCK.:(

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How very sad! He and the rest of the group in the Czech Republic have been doing wonderful work on the 109G and the Fw 190.

Perhaps we should also take this as a wake-up call to those of us with projects in the mill, to get to work because we may not be around for as long as we hope to be.

He will be greatly missed.
George Hopp

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That´s sad news indeed...

What a loss for his family - my deepest condolences.

And what a loss for all Luftwaffe enthusiasts - both for his expert knowledge such as the human being:(

Roland

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This is the worst news I have hear last time :( Eric was great man and very good friend. One of the best person I have met. Very kind and open to cooperation. Last few months he spent much of time on my forum and learn much about the aviation digital art. Must say that his first digital clor profile was glorious!

I still can not belive that this happen but... this is the life. My deep condolence to his family and friends. He willstay forever in our hart and memorie.

Srecko Bradic

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Eric Larger brutally passed away!
 

I just read the news in Aeroforum. He brutally passed away 48 hours ago. I'm flabergasted. What a horrible loss. My toughts are with his family, his wife and three kids.
He helped me while I was searching for new work. I will never forgot his marvelous help. He maintained my courage at high level.

My deepest condoleances to his family

Philippe

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What do you mean "brutally" passed away ?

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I have been informed about his sudden death yesterday in a short e-mail sent by his wife and brother. What can I say, I was speechless! I just didn't have the force to break this very sad news in public.

Eric wrote me his last e-mail on October 9, 2008 at 6:04:27 PM. Several hours later he was gone. Incredible! I kept sending him scans from a Flugbuch he had shown interest in, without of course knowing what had happened, and he had promised to send me a CD on this past Saturday...
Such is life, I guess, but it's still hard to swallow it.

In closing, let his last sentence from most probably his last e-mail sent related to his/our hobby, stand here as testimony for his great character and generousity:

"Hope the CD will be helpful for your researches, and one more time I am very pleased to be able to help you.

Eric"

Rest in peace, Eric.

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Marc,

I am deeply saddened by this terrible news. A real loss for our community. Of course our thoughts should go to his close relatives.

John Manrho.

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My thoughts are with the family he leaves behind.

This is black day for the community.

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This really is sad news. Like many others here, I was in touch with Eric just a couple of weeks ago.

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Unbelieveable, is not it? My heartiest condolences to the family. I hope that Eric's projects will be continued as a tribute to him.

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I was un-able to find a copy of Focke-Wulf Fw 190D Camo & Markings Part 1, so I posted a thread for help trying to locate one.

Eric PM'ed me, Give me your address and I'll send you one.

That was from a man I'd never met. He didn't know me at all, I was just Revi16 on the Forum.

Truly inspiring, God Bless.

Regards,
Mike

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SALUTE!!! Very good man and researcher flown his last flight! If there is GOD, I bet he is his wingman on while both are enjoying Dora 9s.
:(
I met Eric a long time ago, maybe some 15 years, when I started to rolling around aviation research, and he was always helpful and open minded. We changed some information. Mailed a lot. In his last email, some 2 weeks ago he send me some new data he found about JG 2 pilots regarding march 2, 1945 missions - my piece of cake. Not even asking whether I want it (appreciated it MUCH). He just posted it, with note, that he hopes I will enjoy it. :(
I enjoyed every communication with him.
ERIC! SALUTE and RIP!

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Yes, this is a terrible loss to the community and it will be felt for sometime; just like the loss of the late Ronnie Putz. Like many on this board, I too corresponded with Eric, and I helped him out with Vol.II and Vol.III as well as his He.162 project. Hopefully someone with the same desire and ethics will carry the torch so we "all" can benefit from the fruits of sharing information because lets face it, life is too short.

As for Mr. Hopp's comments about pulling the finger out of the proverbial "hole", easier said then done, right?

SMF

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I 'met' Eric on line a number of years ago when we were both looking to expand our knowledge in this field we're all interested in. We exchanged information over a period of time, but sadly lost contact, my fault, not his. Somehow I think benefited more than he, but he was ever the gentleman in our correspondence. My sincerest condolences go out to his family.

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What a delicate thread we hang by. I always enjoyed conversing with Eric. God welcome him and be with his surviving family. He will be missed.

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Hello All,

I don't get around to visiting all the discussion boards as much as I used to - but this news is a shock and a real blow.

I had the pleasure of meeting Eric some 15 years ago. He twice visited England and stayed with my wife and I at our home. I remember a very funny evening driving around the English countryside in pouring rain in the dead of winter in pitch darkness. It was a foul night. Eddie Creek was driving, I was trying to map read and Arthur Bentley was in the back of the car with Eric. We were trying to find a pub - and unbelieveably, couldn't. All I remember from the back seat was this very amusing French accent: 'Mon Dieu! Weee'll we never find a bluurrdy Onglish peub??' Priceless.

He always used to say that Luftwaffe camouflage was a subject of 'complete madness' (French accent again). He was also a font of enthusiasm.

Sad news for our community.

Robert Forsyth

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Nice memories Robert. For the next year I was plan to go to France and one of person I wanted to personaly visit was Eric... :(

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Very sad day to learn about a friends death...