Mitchell, Ewing Francis Willys
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Ewing Francis Willys |
Surname | Mitchell |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
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Date of Death | 05-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Howard Mitchell and Frances Maud Mitchell, of East Templeton, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | MF644 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 279. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 74 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/44683 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 24 OTU |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1945 |
End Date | 05-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Honeybourne |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Night cross-country exercise |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been lost over the North Sea. Six months after the aircraft disappeared, a wallet belonging to a crew member was found in a fishing trawler's nets |