William Mitchell (RAF officer)

Infobox Military Person
name= Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell
lived= 8 March 1888 - 15 August 1944


caption=
nickname= Mitch [ [http://www.forvalor.com/Mitch.htm ForValor.com - Air Chief Marshal Mitchell ] ]
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath= Westminster, London, England
allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
branch= Army, Royal Flying Corps, RAF
serviceyears= 1906-1941
rank= Air Chief Marshal
unit=
commands= 1916 No 10 Sqn RFC, 1916 12th (Corps) Wing RFC, 1918 No 20 Group, 1920 No 52 (Corps) Wing. (India), 1920 No 3 (Indian) Wing. (re-designated No 1 (Indian) Wing), 1920 No 1 (Indian) Wing, Wiziristan, 1924 No 1 FTS, 1928 Aden Command, 1933 AOC, RAF Cranwell/Commandant, RAF College, 1934 AOC, British Forces in Iraq, 1939 AOC in C, RAF Middle East
battles= World War I
*Battle of Loos
*Battle of Arras (1917)
Waziristan [ [http://www.forvalor.com/Mitch.htm ForValor.com - Air Chief Marshal Mitchell ] ]
awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Air Force Cross
Mention in Despatches (6)
relations=
laterwork= Commandant London Air Training Command, Black Rod

Air Chief Marshal Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell KCB CBE DSO MC AFC (8 March 1888 - 15 August 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and the first RAF officer to hold the post of Black Rod.

Mitchell was Air Officer Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East from 23 March 1939 to 12 May 1940.

He held the post of Commandant of London Air Training Command from 1942 until his death in 1944 from a heart attack.

References

* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Mitchell_W.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chf Mshl Mitchell]

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title=Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq
before=C S Burnett
after=C L Courtney
years=1934–1937
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-succession box
title=Black Rod
before=Sir William Pulteney
after=Sir Geoffrey Blake
years=1941–1944