The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Ensign Albert E. Mitchell (NSN: 0-104116), United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight. Attacked by a formation of six carrier-based enemy planes over Unimak Pass, Alaska, on 4 June 1942, Ensign Mitchell fought valiantly against great odds and forced down the Japanese flight commander’s plane. Although he himself was killed when his plane crashed, he had made possible the capture of a Mitsubishi fighter which provided new and invaluable information on this type of enemy aircraft.