42-37978 Ka-Lang

media-30234.jpeg UPL 30234 #42-37978 "Ka-Lang" 305th BG/365th Bomber Squadron

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Object Number - UPL 30234 - #42-37978 "Ka-Lang" 305th BG/365th Bomber Squadron

Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 5/1/44; Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Chas Bailey, Co-pilot: Curtis Thomas, Navigator: Thaddeus Borek, Bombardier: Calvin Faragher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carleton Williams, Radio Operator: Amim Lakies, Ball turret gunner: Irving Ward, Waist gunner: Jim Kenney, Waist gunner: Chivous Hardin,Tail gunner: Bob Casilles (10INT); no gas, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden, Missing Air Crew Report 4870; left 25/5/45, sal 21/6/45.



Prior to 5/13/44, #42-37978 was piloted by Lt. John F. Schleifer. Enrico Carpini (my father) was the radio gunner. The name of this B-17 was "Ka-Lang" (the sound that shrapnel made as it hit the fuselage). Most of the missions Schleifer's crew flew were on this plane commencing on or about 1-4-44.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) and Interned (INT)

Sweden 13 May 1944

Revisions

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Contributorphil marchese
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Added markings description per image and deleted redundancies.

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ContributorTomC
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Family photo

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ContributorTomC
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Research provided by Vivian Price-Rogers, Research Director, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, and Enrico Carpini's personal diary and effects from 1944.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4873 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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