life in aviation. from Solent Sky Local Heroes: Reginald (RJ) Mitchell from the BBC Spitfire legend, a 2005 interview with Gordon Mitchell about his father in the Southern Daily Echo A short clip of Mitchell in the Equinox episode 'Spitfire', shown in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on 9 September 1990 (the clip is at 17' 52") 1895 births 1937 deaths Aircraft designers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English aerospace engineers Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society People from Butt Lane Engineers from Southampton Supermarine Spitfire