Memoir by Air Commodore John L Mitchell "The diary of a navigator on the Prime Minister's private aircraft, 1943-5"., 1996
Scope and Contents
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
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
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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