| John Mitchell | |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1918 |
| Birth Place: | South Croydon, UK |
Air Commodore John Lewis Mitchell (November 12, 1918 – February 5, 2016) was a pilot who flew Winston Churchill around the world in his specially fitted aircraft, Ascalon.
Mitchell was born in South Croydon and educated at Bancroft's School.
During World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill had flown in RAF and civil aircraft but as the war intensified it was decided that he would fly in special plane codenamed, Ascalon, after the lance with which St George killed the dragon.
He married Brenda Stroud in 1943 and they had two sons.
. Jerrard Tickell. Ascalon; the story of Sir Winston Churchill's wartime flights from 1943 to 1945, told by Jerrard Tickell and based on the records of Group Captain John Mitchell . 1964. . - Total pages: 128