Mitchell Flint

Mitchell Flint (June 27, 1923 – September 16, 2017) was an American lawyer and a veteran aviator.[1] He was a U.S. Navy Fighter pilot during World War II, and later served as an American Volunteer pilot in Israel's first fighter squadron during its War of Independence.[2][3] He was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

Flint with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in May 2012

Flint died on September 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California from complications of pneumonia at the age of 94.[4]

References
  1. Mitchell L. Flint Archived 2012-07-30 at Archive.today, at HollywoodPatch.com, by Lindsey Baguio, retrieved May 2, 2012
  2. PILOT CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH PLANE RIDE Archived 2020-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, at LarchmontChronicle.com, by Jane Gilman; published 8/1/2008; retrieved May 2, 2012
  3. Menahem Zilberman (July 10, 2008). "Our Man Flint". Yedioth Ahronoth.
  4. "US aviator who helped form Israeli Air Force dies at 94". Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-17.


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