John Oughton Mitchell

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Frank Cook Mitchell, and of Elizabeth Mitchell (nee Oughton), of Tuturau, Southland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While practicing solo flying from Taieri, struck the wing of another student’s aircraft who was taking off, causing both planes to crash. The other pilot managed to bail out.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 267]

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
421831
Name:
John Oughton Mitchell
Date of Birth:
11 November 1922
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
07 November 1942
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
19
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
17. 32.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
John Oughton Mitchell
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