Mitchell, Banks Earle (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-August-23

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Banks Earle Mitchell RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of James Henry and Alice May Mitchell; husband of Norma Ruth Mitchell, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Spouse: Husband of Norma Ruth Mitchell, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Distinguished Flying Medal

Service

RCAF

Unit

58 (C) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Alis Nocturnis On the wings of the night

Base

Holmsley South

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/80314

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
Target
Google MapAnti-Submarine Patrol
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 180
58 Squadron (Alis Nocturnis). The crew of Halifax aircraft DT 636 were on an anti- sub patrol over the Bay of Biscay when the Captain reported by wireless that they were under attack by fourteen enemy fighter aircraft. Pilot Officer J.M. Clark and Warrant Officer W.A. Tennant were also killed. Five of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax DT636

Flying Officer James Murdoch Clark RCAF

Flying Officer Clark, James Murdoch (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Lloyd Chesley Matthews RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Matthews, Lloyd Chesley (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Banks Earle Mitchell RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Mitchell, Banks Earle (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1st Class William Allan Tennant RCAF

Warrant Officer 1st Class Tennant, William Allan (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK