Joseph Marquez Carvalho
Military
Object Number - UPL 53127 - Joseph M Carvalho
Assigned to 423BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 13-Jun-43 in B-17 42-5218 'Skywolf. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793144
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sky Wolf
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Fieas da Telha, Portugal | 20 January 1920 | Son of Abilio and Amelia [Batista] Carvalho. |
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Enlisted |
20 December 1941 | ||
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Other Commissioned |
26 December 1942 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 13 June 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
6 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Lorain County, OH | 14 June 2003 | |
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Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Lorain, Lorain County, OH | 17 June 2003 | Calvary Cemetery Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio |
| Lexington, MA | |||
| Lorain, OH | |||
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Based |
Thurleigh | 13 June 1943 | Assigned to 423BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor
