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Son of Thomas Archibald and Grace Leslie Mitchell; husband of Kathrine Loyd Mitchell, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell
Bill Mitchell was killed June 28th 1943 while serving with #22 Operational Training Unit in Wellesbourne England. The Wellington Bomber he was crewing on crashed while making an emergency downwind landing. On the same day he died his wife Katherine gave birth to a a baby boy in Canada. His son did not survive and also died on June 28 1943.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell
Photo donated by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell
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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Bill Mitchell was killed June 28th 1943 while serving with #22 Operational Training Unit in Wellesbourne England. The Wellington Bomber he was crewing on crashed while making an emergency downwind landing. On the same day he died his wife Katherine gave birth to a a baby boy in Canada. His son did not survive and also died on June 28 1943.
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Photo donated by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant William George Mitchell 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 195 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY Berkshire, United Kingdom
Botley is 2 miles west of the city of Oxford in the civil parish of North Hinksey. Leave the Oxford Western bypass (A34) at the Botley interchange and take the exit signposted Oxford A420. At the traffic lights bear left then immediately right into North Hinksey Lane. The entrance to the cemetery is about 200 yards along on the right hand side.
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