Air Commodore John Lewis Mitchell (November 12, 1918 – February 5, 2016) was a pilot who flew
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
around the world in his specially fitted aircraft, ''Ascalon''.
Mitchell was born in South Croydon and educated at Bancroft's School.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill had flown in RAF and civil aircraft but as the war intensified it was decided that he would fly in special plane codenamed, ''Ascalon'', after the lance with which St George killed the dragon.
Personal life
He married Brenda Stroud in 1943 and they had two sons.
References
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External links
Memoir by Air Commodore John L Mitchell "The diary of a navigator on the Prime Minister's private aircraft, 1943-5".
1918 births
2016 deaths
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Royal Air Force officers
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