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Son of Edward Lancelot and Annie Edna Mittell, of Clinton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Globe and Mail. July 11, 1942
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Observer F/Sgt. Ernest Mittell, age 22, was training on #22 Operational Training Unit.
Wellington aircraft was carrying practice bombs and reconnaissance flares when
It flew into some low cloud and crashed a few feet from the summit of a
Mountain at Cerric, Breconshire.
He is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England.
The other crew members were
F.S. J. B. Kemp
Sgt. J. P. Hayes
Sgt. K. Yuill
Sgt. H. C. Beatty.
From They Shall Grow Not Old: Les Allison,
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … Second World War names … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … Second World War names … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Observer Ernest Edward Mittell
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Globe and Mail. July 11, 1942
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Observer F/Sgt. Ernest Mittell, age 22, was training on #22 Operational Training Unit. Wellington aircraft was carrying practice bombs and reconnaissance flares when It flew into some low cloud and crashed a few feet from the summit of a Mountain at Cerric, Breconshire. He is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England. The other crew members were F.S. J. B. Kemp Sgt. J. P. Hayes Sgt. K. Yuill Sgt. H. C. Beatty. From They Shall Grow Not Old: Les Allison, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
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Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … Second World War names … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … Second World War names … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Observer Ernest Edward Mittell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HEREFORD CEMETERY Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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