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Churchill's navigator / John Mitchell with Sean Feast.

Title
Churchill's navigator / John Mitchell with Sean Feast.
Author
Mitchell, John.
Publication
London : Grub Street, 2010.

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Feast, Sean
Description
216 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"John Mitchell had a remarkable career. An RAFVR officer, he was mobilised on the outbreak of war and posted to 58 Squadron ... Awarded the DFC, he was sent to the US, helping to develop the first navigation training simulators ... Returning to the UK in 1942, he was selected to join the crew of Winston Churchill's personal aircraft ... For two years he navigated Churchill around the world ... including [to] the famous Teheran and Yalta conferences. He also flew 'General Lyon' (aka HM King George) on several occasions ... After the war he enjoyed an eventful career... later returned to air attaché duties and was appointed to Moscow during the Brezhnev regime, finishing his career in the Air Intelligence world of the Ministry of Defence"--From publisher's description.
Subject
  • Mitchell, John
  • Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 > Travel
  • Flight navigators, Military > Great Britain > Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, British
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 212) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781906502744 (hbk.)
  • 1906502749 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 573341008
  • SCSB-10702923
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library