Mitchell Flint (born June 27, 1923) is an American lawyer and a veteran aviator. 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. Mitchell Flint was born in 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri. His father Harry worked for the Pendergast political machine. Harry was also a decorated U.S. fighter during World War I and introduced teenage Mitchell to his lifelong love of flying at Kansas City's original airfield.