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Military service
Service number:
J/95253
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
613 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
June 5, 1922
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
November 17, 1942
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 15, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. Z. 20.
Additional information
Son of John P. Mitchell and Catherine Mitchell of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
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Photo of HENRY ANDREW HANK MITCHELL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HENRY ANDREW HANK MITCHELL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Uncle Hank at High Ecrall, England - {as written on back of original picture} -
Photo of Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Uncle Hank at Bournemouth, England - {as written on back of original photograph} -
Group photo
Uncle Hank (2nd from left) -
Group Photo
Uncle Hank (Right) at High Ecrall, England -
Group Photo
Hank with his sister Mary Victoria, Montreal ~circa 1943 -
Photo of Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Hank overseas circa 1944/1945 -
Photo of Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Hank, growing up on Cape Breton Island -
Attestation papers
RCAF Attestation Papers for Hank -
Attestation papers
RCAF Attestation Papers for Hank -
Attestation papers
RCAF Attestation Papers for Hank -
Attestation papers
RCAF Attestation Papers for Hank -
Attestation papers
RCAF Attestation Papers for Hank -
Letter (April 19, 1945)
Airmail message stating Hank is MIA to family -
Page 2 of Letter (April 19, 1945)
Airmail message stating Hank is MIA to family -
Telegram
Telegram reporting Hank & Pilot Thatcher MIA, April 14/15 1945 -
Inventory list
DND Inventory - Hank's personal effects -
Letter (November 1, 1949)
Notice of final resting place for Hank and his pilot, Thatcher. British War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany -
Record of Service
Record of Service with RCAF -
Record of Service
Record of Service with RCAF -
Grave Marker
"In Loving Memory of Our Dear Son and Brother, Hank Whom We All Loved So Much" -
Entrance
Commonwealth War Graves : Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery -
Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves : Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery -
Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves : Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery -
Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves : Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 546 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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