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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/15022
Age:
40
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 29, 1901
Paris, France
Enlistment:
October 21, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
April 6, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. D. 21.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Eileen (nee O'Moore) Mitchell. Husband of Edith Marion Mitchell, of Diamond Springs, California.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
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Photo of GEORGE ERIC MITCHELL
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Photo of GEORGE ERIC MITCHELL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE ERIC MITCHELL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Temporary grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of George Eric Mitchell
31 July 1941 - Sgt. Air Gunner George Eric Mitchell, of 1370 Filbert St., San Francisco, U.S.A., a rear gunner serving overseas with No.7 bomber squadron based at RAF Station Oakington, Cambridgeshire. (RCAF Photo PL-4495) -
Group Photo
31 July 1941 - Sgt. Air Gunner George Eric Mitchell, of 1370 Filbert St., San Francisco, U.S.A., a rear gunner serving overseas, waits for his observer/navigator, Sgt Mark Roach, of 2039 West 47th Ave., Vancouver, B. C., to climb aboard their 7 Sqn Stirling bomber. Both were recently decorated by the King with the Distinguished Flying Medal. RAF station Oakington, Cambridgeshire. ENGLAND
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Eric Mitchell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 99 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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