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Air Cdre John Mitchell
From: David Pike
Date: 2016 Feb 13, 14:46 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2016 Feb 13, 14:46 -0800
Air Cdre John Mitchell, who has died aged 97,His obituary can be found here was the navigator of Winston Churchill's personal aircraft during WWII. He was also a member of the team set up to develop a celestial navigation trainer to be built for RAF, RCAF, and USAAF navigation schools. http://www.rin.org.uk/newsitem/4435/Obituary-for-a-navigator . DaveP