William Mitchell (RAF officer)

Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell
8 March 1888 - 15 August 1944
Nickname	Mitch ^[1]
Place of death	Westminster, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Army, Royal Flying Corps, RAF
Years of service	1906-1941
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands held	1916 Officer Commanding, No 10 Sqn RFC, 1916 Officer Commanding, 12th (Corps) Wing RFC, 1918 Officer Commanding, No 20 Group, 1920 Officer Commanding, No 52 (Corps) Wing. (India), 1920 Officer Commanding, No 3 (Indian) Wing. (re-designated No 1 (Indian) Wing), 1920 Officer Commanding, No 1 (Indian) Wing, Wiziristan, 1924 Officer Commanding, No 1 FTS, 1928 Officer Commanding, Aden Command, 1933 AOC, RAF Cranwell/Commandant, RAF College, 1934 AOC, British Forces in Iraq, 1939 AOC in C, RAF Middle East
Battles/wars	Battle of Loos, Battle of Arras (1917), Waziristan ^[2]
Awards	KCB CBE DSO MC AFC
Other work	Commandant London Air Training Command, Black Rod

Air Chief Marshal Sir William Gore Sutherland Mitchell KCB CBE DSO MC AFC (8 March 1888 - 15 August 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and the first RAF officer to hold the post of Black Rod.

Mitchell was Air Officer Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East from 23 March 1939 to 12 May 1940.

He held the post of Commandant of London Air Training Command from 1942 until his death in 1944 from a heart attack.

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Military offices
Preceded by C S Burnett	Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq 1934–1937	Succeeded by C L Courtney
Preceded by F W Bowhill	Air Member for Personnel 1937–1938	Succeeded by unknown
Preceded by H R Nicholl As Air Officer Commanding	Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East Command 1939 – 1940	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Longmore
Government offices
Preceded by Sir William Pulteney	Black Rod 1941–1944	Succeeded by Sir Geoffrey Blake