FRE 2176
IMAGE![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'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-380982.jpg.webp?itok=6RWMK0FA)
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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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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
![Photographic officers of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group look through camera lenses infront of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Esten Illustrated.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 8 Jul 1943.' [stamp] and '273528.' [Censor no.]. A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380976.jpg.webp?itok=b-IRYuYJ)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
![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'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380982.jpg.webp?itok=Iembk0SI)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: 659163
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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.