World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Joseph Carlos Mullins
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Norwood, Ohio
Honored By
William Elmore
Relationship
Great Nephew
TOP TURRET GUNNER ON B-17 FLYING FORTRESS # 43-38048, 490TH BOMB GROUP, 849TH BOMB SQUADRON, 8TH AIR FORCE. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS DOWNED OVER CZECHOSLOVAKIA ON 4/19/1945 BY AN ME-262. HE PARACHUTED FROM THE PLANE AND WAS CAPTURED ON LANDING. HE WAS INTERRED IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NEAR SCHONAU, CZECHOSLOVAKIA.