John Lewis Mitchell

John Mitchell
Born	12 November 1918 South Croydon, UK
Died	February 5, 2016(2016-02-05) (aged 97)
Allegiance	UK

Air Commodore John Lewis Mitchell LVO DFC AFC (November 12, 1918 – February 5, 2016) was a pilot who flew Winston Churchill around the world in his specially fitted aircraft, Ascalon.

Mitchell was born in South Croydon and educated at Bancroft's School. ^[1]

During World War II 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. ^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

He married Brenda Stroud in 1943 and they had two sons.

References

• The Telegraph (11 February 2016). "Air Commodore John Mitchell - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
• Tickell, Jerrard (1964). Ascalon; the story of Sir Winston Churchill's wartime flights from 1943 to 1945, told by Jerrard Tickell and based on the records of Group Captain John Mitchell. Hodder & Stoughton. - Total pages: 128
• The Times (24 February 2016). "Air Commodore John Mitchell". The Times. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

External links

• Memoir by Air Commodore John L Mitchell "The diary of a navigator on the Prime Minister's private aircraft, 1943-5".