Mitchell, George Eric
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | George Eric |
Surname | Mitchell |
Gender | M |
Age | 40 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 06-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Mitchell and Eileen Mitchell (née O’Moore), of California, USA. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3489 |
Markings | AA- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. D. 21. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 213 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/15022 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
George was born on 29 May 1901 in Paris, France. His father, a Gentleman, was born in Yorkshire and his mother in Melbourne, Australia. Both were deceased by the time of George's enlistment. His father died in England and mother in San Francisco. His parents were married aboard their yacht off the African coast. His mother, whose real name was Bessie Doyle, was known In musical circles as Eileen O’Moore and was a Violinist of worldwide repute in her day. At birth George was registered as British but was naturalised as a U.S. Citizen in 1925. He gave his next of kin as his uncle, Stuart A. Hoyle, who lived in Sydney. The schools he attended were Mill Hill in London, England, 1914 and after the family moved to America he went to San Diego High, California 1914-1915, and Berkeley High, California, 1915-1918. George then went to the University of California 1918-1921 but was granted leave following injuries and his third year was spent outside at a work camp at Berkeley where he studied mechanical engineering. Hobbies included flying, sailing, wrestling, gliding, motorcycle racing, water polo etc. On his enlistment papers he listed his work as the owner of gold and other mines (presumably inherited an interest in his father's mining company), an automotive Instructor, owner of Lugana garage, and senior superintendent of an automotive laboratory. |
Enlisted on 21 October 1940 (while the United States was still neutral) and after training embarked for the U.K.on 6 April 1941. He arrived at 3PRC on 19 April 1941, 20 OTU 27 April 1941 and 7 Sqn 12 June 1941. George was to lose his life on 6 April 1942 from 75 Squadron. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13197 (P367527/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1942 |
End Date | 06-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Feltwell |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Cologne- Humboldt works. Crews claimed accurate bombing but in fact the closest bomb landed 5 miles from the works |
Reason for Loss | Lost over Germany |