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Flight Lieutenant James Lee Mitchell
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Flight Lieutenant James Lee Mitchell

Birth
Waltreak, Yell County, Arkansas, USA
Death
9 Jan 1942 (aged 34)
At Sea
Monument
Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Panel 1. Column 4.
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Word that Lieutenant James Lee Mitchell, R.C. A.F., of the Montreal Ferrying Command was lost last week while flying a bomber to England was received yesterday by his mother, Mrs. Mattie G. Mitchell of Nanoleon St. Playadel Rey. Mitchell, 34, enlisted in the R.CA.F. about a year and three months ago, going in as an instructor. He aided in the establishment of the Training School at Rivers, Manitola. About four months ago, upon his request, he was transferred to the Montreal Ferrying Command as a flight commander. Flight Lieutenant James L. Mitchell was born at Waltreak, son of the late Sambo Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell, went to school at Danville, from here went to Los Angeles and to Montreal. He is a nephew of Clem Mitchell and Alf Kennon and has other relatives here. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Feb 1942)
Word that Lieutenant James Lee Mitchell, R.C. A.F., of the Montreal Ferrying Command was lost last week while flying a bomber to England was received yesterday by his mother, Mrs. Mattie G. Mitchell of Nanoleon St. Playadel Rey. Mitchell, 34, enlisted in the R.CA.F. about a year and three months ago, going in as an instructor. He aided in the establishment of the Training School at Rivers, Manitola. About four months ago, upon his request, he was transferred to the Montreal Ferrying Command as a flight commander. Flight Lieutenant James L. Mitchell was born at Waltreak, son of the late Sambo Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell, went to school at Danville, from here went to Los Angeles and to Montreal. He is a nephew of Clem Mitchell and Alf Kennon and has other relatives here. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org,Yell County Record Newspaper, Danville, Arkansas, Obituary was published on Feb 1942)

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Royal Canadian Air Force

Gravesite Details

C/2572



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