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Memoir by Air Commodore John L Mitchell "The diary of a navigator on the Prime Minister's private aircraft, 1943-5"., 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 59

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The collection comprises a wide variety of material from a number of different sources which have been deemed too small to be considered individual collections in their own right and have been grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous". Subjects covered include First and Second World Wars, the Falklands Campaign, and recollections of Sir Winston Churchill.

Dates

  • Creation: 1996

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

Air Commodore John L Mitchell was born in 1918. He was a pilot who flew Winston Churchill around the world in his specially fitted aircraft, Ascalon. This codename refers to the lance with which St George killed the dragon.

He died in 2016 aged 97

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2002-06-24 16:33:47+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087