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Coastal Command

  • Dr Fred Mitchell
  • Interview by: Jess Boydon-Juckes

  • Summary

    Submarine sighted. Going in to attack. Goodbye

    Fred Mitchell was born in Lancashire in 1921. At the age of 19 he left university to join the RAF. He qualified as a bomber pilot and saw service in the far East and over the Atlantic. After the war Fred went on to a distinguished career in medical science.

    172 Squadron

    © Fred Mitchell
  • Fred & crew in Benghazi

    © Fred Mitchell

  • Summary

    Submarine sighted. Going in to attack. Goodbye

    Fred Mitchell was born in Lancashire in 1921. At the age of 19 he left university to join the RAF. He qualified as a bomber pilot and saw service in the far East and over the Atlantic. After the war Fred went on to a distinguished career in medical science.

    172 Squadron

    © Fred Mitchell
  • Fred & crew in Benghazi

    © Fred Mitchell

  • Summary

    Submarine sighted. Going in to attack. Goodbye

    Fred Mitchell was born in Lancashire in 1921. At the age of 19 he left university to join the RAF. He qualified as a bomber pilot and saw service in the far East and over the Atlantic. After the war Fred went on to a distinguished career in medical science.

    172 Squadron

    © Fred Mitchell
  • Fred & crew in Benghazi

    © Fred Mitchell
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