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Flight Sergeant JOHN SANDIFORD MITCHELL

Service Number: 544389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

97 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXVII. A. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Sandiford Mitchell, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Alma Louise Mitchell, of Abbey Hills, Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM; MAY HE REST IN PEACE AMEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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