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100 1  Mitchell, John,|d1918-|eauthor. 
245 10 Churchill's Navigator /|cJohn Mitchell. 
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520    An RAF pilot who flew around the world with Winston 
       Churchill during World War II tells his story. An RAF 
       Volunteer Reserve officer, John Mitchell was mobilized on 
       the outbreak of war -- and just missed going to join a 
       Battle Squadron in France where he would have undoubtedly 
       been killed. Instead, he was posted to No. 58 Squadron 
       flying Whitleys, surviving a tour of operations in 1940-41
       that included ditching in the North Sea. Awarded the 
       Distinguished Flying Cross, he was sent to the US, 
       becoming involved in the development of the first 
       navigation training simulators with the famous Link 
       Trainer factory. There, he was awarded the US Legion of 
       Merit, signed by Harry S. Truman. Then, returning to the 
       UK in 1942, he was personally selected to join the crew of
       Winston Churchill's private aircraft, one of the early 
       prototype Avro Yorks called Ascalon. For two years he 
       navigated Churchill to conferences around the world -- 
       from North Africa to Italy, the Middle East to Moscow, 
       including the famous Teheran and Yalta conferences. He 
       also flew "General Lyon" (aka His Majesty George VI) on 
       several occasions. After the war, he enjoyed an eventful 
       career as an air attaché, including an intelligence 
       posting to Moscow, and was senior navigation officer for 
       the long range exercises over the Pole in the converted 
       Lincoln, Aries III. His is an exceptional story, told with
       wit and verve to military aviation historian Sean Feast, 
       who adds authoritative and informed insights. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Churchill, Winston,|d1874-1965|xTravel. 
600 10 Mitchell, John,|d1918- 
650  0 Flight navigators, Military|zGreat Britain|vBiography. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|vPersonal narratives, British. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xAerial operations, British. 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / World War II.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
700 1  Feast, Sean. 
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