Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Albert Edward Mitchell a ranar 25 ga Disamba, 1914 a Seattle, Washington. Ya halarci Jami'ar Washington sannan ya shiga cikin Navy a matsayin mai jirgin ruwa na biyu a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1940 don horar da jirgin sama a Seattle da Corpus Christi, inda aka sanya shi matukin jirgi a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1941 kuma ya ba da izini. Yayinda aka sanya shi zuwa Squadron Squadron 42, an kashe shi a cikin aiki a watan Yunin 1942 a wani wuri a kan Unimak Pass a cikin tsibirin Aleutian yayin da yake yaƙi da sojojin Japan masu mamayewa a cikin abin da za a sani da
Yaƙin Dutch Harbor. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Distinguished Flying Cross don "ƙwarewa na musamman yayin shiga cikin jirgin sama". A cikin yabonsa, an bayyana cewa "duk da cewa shi kansa ya mutu lokacin da jirginsa ya fadi, ya ba da damar kama wani mayaƙin Mitsubishi wanda ya ba da sabon bayani mai mahimmanci game da wannan nau'in jirgin saman abokan gaba". Ba a taɓa samun ragowar jikinsa da jirginsa ba.