FRE 2176

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Captain RC Mitchell of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273517.' [Censor no.]. Colonel Ray C. Mitchell - Commanding Officer 27th PRS Printed caption on reverse: 'Esten (Illus). Modern"Cyclops" of the USAAF. OPS: 21 Capt RC Mitchell. 8.7.43'

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Captain RC Mitchell of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273517.' [Censor no.]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Esten (Illus). Modern"Cyclops" of the USAAF. OPS: 21 Capt RC Mitchell. 8.7.43'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 659163
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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From Losses of the 8th and 9th AAFs by Stan Bishop and Jan Hey OBE:-
F-5E-2-LO 43-29018 7PRG,22PS.
P *2 Lt Robert L Mitchell
On return from an operational mission, flew over the runway in use at Mount Farm, pulled up, chopping the throttles to kill his speed. Thinking he was flying on drop tanks when actually he was on main tanks and changed his cocks to land on Reserve Tanks. The a/c had one engine out and the other was barely ticking over. The a/c came in in a slow glide, crashing through the tops of several trees and landed in a field. and crashed at The Coppice, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. The a/c, carrying drop tanks, exploded and burned. KOM.
Note:- Initially buried in Brookwood Cemetery before reinterment in Cambridge Cemetery, Plot A-4-18.

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Eyes of The Eighth - Patricia Fussell Keen

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection