Mitchell, Albert Ardagh

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-29

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of Albert Cripps Mitchell and Marguerite Ridley Mitchell, of Toronto, Ontario. His brother, Thomas Ridley Mitchell, also died on service.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

17 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/105365

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapBury Cemetery, Huntingdonshire, Uk
17 Operational Training Unit, Upwood, England. BROTHER to Thomas Ridley Mitchell. Blenheim aircraft L 7817 dived into the ground during the landing approach and crashed at the Village of Abington Pigotts, England. One airman, not Canadian, was also killed.

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Blenheim L8718

Flight Sergeant Mitchell, Albert Ardagh (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-January-29
Bury Cemetery, Manchester, UK

Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
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The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia

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