Son of RJ Mitchell dies (From Daily Echo)
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Son of RJ Mitchell dies
10:23am Monday 27th July 2009 in
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- By Peter Law » Feature Writer
GORDON Mitchell, the son of Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell, has died aged 88.
Dr Mitchell, best known for campaigning to raise the profile of his father, passed away on Friday after falling at his Cotswolds home a fortnight ago.
Born in Southampton in 1920, he joined the RAF himself during the war and worked in the Air Sea Rescue Division.
The father of three penned a book, Schooldays to Spitfire, which chronicles the creation of his father’s legendary fighter plane.
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derek james
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5:08pm Mon 27 Jul 09
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Finlay says...
1:56pm Mon 27 Jul 09
The German Luftwaffe really shat them selves when Spitfires came at them more so than Hurricanes cos they were fast and lethal.
I once read entries from a translated flight log of German pilots and it was clear that Reg had 'em worried.
The German (not Nazi) pilots were good brave men and lacked little in their flying ability but couldn't stop the Spitfires