John Everett was born on October 17, 1924 and was from North Carolina. He served on the B-24 “Battlin Baby” (42-94989) as the Flight Engineer.
On July 13 1944, B-24 “Battlin Baby” (42-94989) assigned to the 713th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, 8th Air force took off from Seething (Station 146) for a bombing mission of the railway yards in Saarbrucken, Germany. During the mission, “Battlin Baby” was hit and lost # 3 and #4 engines. The Pilot headed to Switzerland and over Switzerland in a perilous situation, the crew bailed out and the plane exploded over the town of Bätterkinden, Switzerland. The crew survived and were interned initially in the Adelboden Internment (Camp Moloney) Camp. Officers were later transferred to the Davos Internment Camp. Several of the crew escaped the internment camps and were returned to duty. Reference: Missing Aircraft Report {MACR} 7561.

Everett also served in the Air Force in the Korea and Vietnam conflicts. He retired from the Air Force as a Master Chief.
FROM FIND A GRAVE: CMSGT US Air Force World War II, Korea, Vietnam Inscription AMNM MSM AFCM AFAM EX-POW