Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Pair: Second Lieutenant (Pilot) W. Mitchell, No. 41 Squadron, Royal Air Force, mortally wounded by ground fire on 28 September 1918, subsequently dying in captivity on 10 October 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut., R.A.F.); together with memorial plaque (William Mitchell); cloth R.A.F. Wings; and an original studio portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, extremely fine (4) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars.

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William Mitchell joined No. 41 Squadron as a Pilot on 9 August 1918. He was shot down by anti aircraft fire, whilst flying in an SE5a, near Champin. The mission was one of strafing and bombing enemy troops in support of the Ypres Salient push. The weather conditions were severe with heavy rainstorms, and Mitchell’s plane was one of five which did not return. Second Lieutenant Mitchell was severely wounded, and died in German hands twelve days later on the 10th October 1918. He is buried in Leuze Communal Cemetery, Belgium.