New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ion,and after firing a burst of forty shots, it crashed to the ground. (Confirmedin Operations Report No. 18, Hdqrs. 1st Pursuit Group, June 16, 1918.) (6) On May 30, 1918, Lieutenant Mitchell at encountered twoenemy airplanes in the vicinity of Apremont, who turned and headed to-ward the lines. He caught up with the rear German airplane, and fired185 rounds from above. The German dove into a nose-dive and crashed tothe ground in flames. (Confirmed in Operations Report No. 18, Hdqrs. 1stPursuit Group, June 1G, 1918.)
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ion,and after firing a burst of forty shots, it crashed to the ground. (Confirmedin Operations Report No. 18, Hdqrs. 1st Pursuit Group, June 16, 1918.) (6) On May 30, 1918, Lieutenant Mitchell at encountered twoenemy airplanes in the vicinity of Apremont, who turned and headed to-ward the lines. He caught up with the rear German airplane, and fired185 rounds from above. The German dove into a nose-dive and crashed tothe ground in flames. (Confirmed in Operations Report No. 18, Hdqrs. 1stPursuit Group, June 1G, 1918.) (c) On July 5, 1918, Lieutenant Mitchell, near Priez, encountered sixenemy Albatross monoplanes. He attacked the highest one and engagedin a running fight, lasting twenty minutes, which terminated by the Ger-man bursting intoflames. (Confirmed in Operations Report, Hdqrs. 1stPursuit Group, Order No. 59.) Attest: David McK. Peterson On Aug. 1, 1918, Lieut. Mitchell was commissioned Captain,and on Oct. 13, 1918, he was placed in command of the 95thSquadron. r 56 ]. JOHN MITCHELL Citations (awarded Dec. 31, 1919) John Mitchell, Captain, Air Service, 95th Aero Squadron. For extra-ordinary heroism in action near Beaumont, France, May 27, 1918. Seeingthree enemy planes flying east over Apremont, at 2500 metres, CaptainMitchell unhesitatingly attacked the three machines, which were in closeformation, despite the fact that a fourth, hovering above, threatened toclose in and join the enemy formation. He succeeded in shooting down theenemy machine, which proved to be a biplane returning from an importantmission. (Signed) Pershing Croix de Guerre, with Palm (awarded Nov. 29, 1918)Lieutenant-Pilote John Mitchell, a lEscadrille americaine, 95 : Excellent pilote de chasse, possedant les plus belles qualites 27 mai 1918 a attaque et descendu un biplane ennemi dans ses attaque, le meme jour, une formation ennemie et a force un appareil aatterir. Le 5 juillet a at
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