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(Weston, West Virginia, February 11, 1896 \u2013 Weston, West Virginia, January 2, 1974).1<\/a><\/p>\n

Everett\u2019s family was complicated. He apparently went by his mother\u2019s maiden name. \u00a0She married three times, and each of her husbands married at least twice; Everett had numerous siblings, half-siblings and step-siblings.2<\/a>\u00a0 His was probably a hard-scrabble upbringing; his mother worked as a laundress and his stepfather did odd jobs as a day laborer.3<\/a>\u00a0 Everett attended West Virginia University for a time and was at West Point from June 1916 until January of 1917.4<\/a>\u00a0 When he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, he was working for B. F. Goodrich in Akron, Ohio. \u00a0He attended ground school<\/a> at Ohio State University, graduating with the class of September 1, 1917.5<\/a><\/p>\n

Along with most of his O.S.U. classmates, Everett was selected for training in Italy, and he joined the 150 men of the \u201cItalian\u201d or \u201csecond Oxford detachment\u201d who sailed to England on the Carmania<\/i>. \u00a0They departed New York for Halifax on September 18, 1917, and departed Halifax as part of a convoy for the Atlantic crossing on September 21, 1917. When the Carmania<\/i> docked at Liverpool on October 2, 1917, the detachment learned to their initial consternation that they would not go to Italy but instead remain in England and repeat ground school at Oxford\u2019s School of Military Aeronautics. While at Oxford, Everett palled around with his O.S.U. ground school classmates Fremont Cutler Foss and Robert Brewster Porter, enjoying Sunday dinner with them at Buol\u2019s the week of their arrival and a bike ride to Dorchester-on-Thames two weeks later.6<\/a> On November 3, 1917, he travelled with most of the detachment to Harrowby Camp near Grantham in Lincolnshire to attend machine gun school.<\/p>\n

In mid-November fifty of the men were selected to go to flying schools, but Everett was among those who remained at Grantham through Thanksgiving and the end of November.7<\/a> Finally, on December 3, 1917, the remaining men were posted to flying squadrons, and Everett, along with Joseph Raymond Payden, Porter, and Andrew Joseph Shannon, was assigned to No. 38 Squadron, which had its headquarters at Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire and was tasked with pilot training by day and air defense against Zeppelins by night.8<\/a> \u00a0There is a photo<\/a> of Everett at\u00a0 No. 38 with fellow cadets in training Payden and Porter and English officers in J.R.: Joseph R. Payden, 1915-1925<\/i>, the compilation of photos and documents compiled by Payden\u2019s children.<\/p>\n

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From Everett’s R.A.F. service record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At some point Everett was posted to No. 45 Training Squadron at South Carlton, about twenty-five miles north of Grantham.9<\/a>\u00a0 From there, on March 23, 1918, he was assigned to No. 39 T.S., also at South Carlton.<\/p>\n

Everett was among those men whom Pershing recommended be commissioned \u201cFirst Lieutenants Aviation Reserve non-flying\u201d in a cable dated April 8, 1918.10<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0It had been brought to Pershing\u2019s attention that many aviation cadets had come to Europe expecting to begin flight training immediately but had instead kicked up their heels for months. As Pershing wrote in a cablegram dated March 13, 1918, \u201cAll of those cadets would have been commissioned prior to this date if training facilities could have been provided. These conditions have produced profound discouragement among cadets.\u201d To remedy this injustice, and to put the European cadets on an equal footing with their counterparts in the U.S., Pershing asked permission \u201cto immediately issue to all cadets now in Europe temporary or Reserve commissions in Aviation Section Signal Corps. . . .\u201d Washington approved the plan in a cablegram dated March 21, 1918, but stipulated that the commissioned men be \u201cput on non-flying status. Upon satisfactory completion of flying training they can be transferred as flying officers.\u201d\u00a0 It took over a month for Washington to respond to Pershing\u2019s April 8, 1918, cable and to confirm the recommended commissions.10a<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Everett may well in the meantime have completed enough flying and training to make the \u201cnon-flying status\u201d irrelevant; he was, in any case, put on active duty status on May 30, 1918.10b<\/a><\/p>\n

Around the same time, Everett was posted to No. 81 Squadron (a training squadron at Scampton, just north of South Carlton, apparently equipped with Camels).11<\/a>\u00a0 From there he went to No. 1 Flying School at Turnberry on July 11, 1918. He was ready to go overseas on August 14, 1918, and was assigned to the U.S. 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron the next day.12<\/a><\/p>\n

The 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron, to which a number of second Oxford detachment members had already been assigned, flew Camels. Like the 148th<\/sup>, it was American in personnel, but stationed on the British Front and under the tactical command of the R.A.F. until very late in the war. When Everett was assigned, the 17th<\/sup> Aero was still stationed at Petite Synthe near Dunkirk, but soon moved south to Auxi-le-Ch\u00e2teau northwest of Doullens, where their job was to escort R.A.F. bombers, and also to do their own bombing and strafing.13<\/a><\/p>\n

Everett was assigned to C flight, commanded by Lloyd Andrews Hamilton. However, Everett was not well when he arrived, and he apparently did not participate in bombing missions in the latter part of August 1918.14<\/a> On September 2, 1918, he was admitted to hospital, and only returned to the squadron on October 13, 1918.15<\/a>\u00a0 As a commentary on the considerable turnover of pilots in the 17th<\/sup>, many of whom were wounded, killed, or taken prisoner, it has been noted that Everett, \u201cby virtue of coming into the field twice, [was] one of the few members of the unit who knew the first players as well as the last.\u201d16<\/a> Everett\u2019s name does not appear among those participating in the bombing reports for October 14 and 24, 1918, but there were other patrols in October in which he may have participated.17<\/a><\/p>\n

As the effort by the British armies to take Cambrai progressed, the lines moved eastwards until they were almost beyond the flying distance of the 17th\u2019s Camels. Preparations were made for the squadron to relocate closer to the lines.18<\/a> However, this move was preempted towards the end of October when word was received that the 17th<\/sup> was to leave the B.E.F. and the R.A.F. and move to the American sector. On November 1, 1918, the men began the train journey south, arriving, finally, near Toul on November 4, 1918, (where photos<\/a> were taken), and there they joined in the armistice celebrations on the 11th<\/sup>.19<\/a>\u00a0 Then came the long wait for transport home; Everett filled in some of his time at Toul ferrying Spads to Issoudun.20<\/a>\u00a0 He sailed back to the U.S. on the Cedric<\/i>, departing Brest January 26, 1919, and arriving at New York on February 4, 1919.21<\/a><\/p>\n

After the war, Everett returned for a time to Akron, Ohio, and the 1930 census lists him there as an aviator.22<\/a>\u00a0 Not long thereafter he moved back to his hometown of Weston in West Virginia.23<\/a><\/p>\n

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Notes<\/h3>\n

(For complete bibliographic entries, please consult the list of\u00a0works and web pages cited<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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1<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0For his place and date of birth, see Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918<\/i>, record for Albert Frank Everett. For his place of burial and date of death, see Sharon, \u201cAlbert F. Everett.\u201d It is probable that he died in Weston, but I have not found a confirming obituary. The photo is a detail from a group photo<\/a> of Squadron 8 at the Ohio State University School of Military Aeronautics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Information is based on documents available at Ancestry.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0See Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census<\/i>, records for Albert Everett, Alice Aylor, and George Aylor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0See Everett\u2019s draft registration (cited above) and the Official Register of the Officers and Cadets United States Military Academy for 1917<\/i>, pp. 41, 51, and 60.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cGround School Graduations [for September 1, 1917].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Foss, diary entries for October 7 and 21, 1917.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0See Foss, diary entry for November 15, 1917.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Foss, \u201cCadets of Italian Detachment Posted Dec 3rd<\/sup>\u201d (in Foss, Papers); Wikipedia, \u201cNo. 38 Squadron RAF.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Information on Everett\u2019s training and posting is taken from The National Archives (United Kingdom), Royal Air Force officers’ service records 1918-1919<\/i>, record for Albert F. Everett.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0See cablegram 874-S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10a<\/strong><\/a> See cablegrams 726-S (March 13, 1918), 955-R (March 21, 1918), and 1303-R (May 13, 1918).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10b<\/strong><\/a> See McAndrew, \u201cSpecial Orders No. 205.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0On No. 81 Squadron, see Philpott, The Birth of the Royal Air Force<\/i>, p. 418, and Brown, \u201cA Short History of No. 81 Squadron.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Clapp, A History of the 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron<\/i>, p. 157.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0The date of the move to Auxi is reported differently by Clapp A History of the 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron, <\/i>p. 37, and by Reed and Roland, Camel Drivers<\/i>, p. 64.\u00a0 Murton Campbell\u2019s diary is probably reliable in recording the move as having occurred on August 17, 1918.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0See Reed and Roland, Camel Drivers<\/i>, p. 86, and Clapp, A History of the 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron<\/i>, pp. 98\u2013106.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Clapp, A History of the 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron<\/i>, pp. 158 and 159.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0See Clapp, A History of the 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron<\/i>, pp. 158, 159, for the dates of his hospital admission and return to the squadron. The quotation is from Reed and Roland, Camel Drivers<\/i>, p. 114.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Clapp, A History of the 17th<\/sup> Aero Squadron<\/i>, pp. 142\u201346; Reed and Roland, Camel Drivers<\/i>, p. 114-16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Reed and Roland, Camel Drivers<\/i>, p. 115.\u00a0 (See this page also for a photo of Everett supplied by Lorenz Kneedler Ayers.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Dates of departure and arrival are taken from Clements\u2019s diary entries for those dates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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20<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Reed and Roland, Camel Drivers<\/i>, p. 124.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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21<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0See War Department, Office of the Quartermaster General, Army Transport Service, Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917 – 1938<\/i>, Passenger list for officers, on S. S. Cedric<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census<\/i>, record for Albert F Everett.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census<\/i>, record for Albert Everett.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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