Flight Lieutenant Mitchell - 254 Sqn

[andy bird]

Trying to ascertain his first name as the gentleman seems to appear in the ORB pages I have as just Flt/Lt Mitchell.

Any help would be of value.

Yours faithfully,

Andy Bird

[Brian]

Hi Andy

His initials are H.M.

I have claims for him: 1/3rd share of He111 badly damaged 22/2/40; 1/3rd share of Ju88 damaged on11/4/40; He111 shared on 25/4/40; Do18 8L+LK of 2./906 on 4/6/40.

Cheers
Brian

[andy bird]

Hi Brian,

Many thanks for this, I can narrow my search tomorrow.
Sadly the damage to his 'probable' He III with Fairclough and Taylor it only received 30 rounds confirmed from the 6,000 rounds fired from the 3 machines.
L8786 had seventy 7.92 rounds pepper it.

Best Wishes

Andy Bird

[Brian]

Hi Andy

I believe your 'Fairclough' should be Fairtlough, G.K.

Cheers
Brian

PS: It seems like your man was Henry Maynard Mitchell, awarded DFC October 1940 as CO of 25 Squadron. See 'Men of the BoB'

[Andy_Ingham]

There is only one H.M. Mitchell on the Oct 45 Air Force List.
He is Wing Co Henry Maynard Mitchell DFC 90245
Regards
Andy

[andy bird]

Wonder why he disappeared of the radar
Thank you all for your invaluable help.

Yours Faithfully

Andy Bird