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Mitchell, Donald John If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Leading Seaman (RCN)
Official Number	209024

 

Birth	18/07/1935	Death	19/04/1971
Place	Montreal	Place	Sheet Harbour
Area	QC	Area	NS
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RCN (with seniority dated 21/09/1956). He was appointed as an Able-Seaman RCN. He was appointed as a Leading Seaman RCN. He served in CFB Shearwater for VS-880 (Anti-Submarine) Squadron. (On April 19, 1971 he was killed in a Tracker crash at Sheet Harbour NS Canada during low level flying over water, the Tracker crashed into the sea off Sheet Harbour. )

 

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Anecdotes
(On April 19, 1971 he was killed in a Tracker crash at Sheet Harbour NS Canada during low level flying over water, the Tracker crashed into the sea off Sheet Harbour. )

 

References
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002374?Donald%20John%20Mitchell (website viewed 04/03/2024);
Last update
2011-01-22 00:00:00

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