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Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Henry Andrew Hank Mitchell

April 15, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

J/95253

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

613 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 5, 1922
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

November 17, 1942
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of John P. Mitchell and Catherine Mitchell of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 546 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

2. Z. 20.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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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

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