Date of birth:

April 6th, 1914 (Fulwell, Sunderland/Tyne & Wear, England)

Date of death:

January 8th, 1943 (Vorden/Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves Vorden
Grave: 5-6.

Service number:

1062559

Nationality:

British

Sergeant. No. 9 Squadron RAF, air gunner/radio operator. Son of George Mitchell and Elizabeth Michell (née Patterson) from Fulwell Co. Durham. Husband of Ellen Mitchell (née Rutter).

Killed in action during a mission to Duisburg when his Lancaster W4159 was hit by a German night fighter and crashed in the vicinity of Hackfort near Vorden. The entire crew was killed and is buried in the General Cemetery in Vorden.

There is a memorial at the site of the crash. In 2022, Omkijkpunt published the book “De 20 geallieerde gezichten van Vorden” (The 20 Allied Faces of Vorden). This book tells the stories of the 20 Allied soldiers buried in Vorden, including that of George Mitchell.

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• Photo 1: Omkijkpunt
• Photo 2: Jan de Jager
• - FREERK BOEKELO & ROBERT ELLENKAMP, De 20 Geallieerde Gezichten van Vorden, Omkijkpunt, 2022.
  - Sergeant George Mitchell | War Casualty Details 2648326 | CWGC
  - https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/116328/

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