42-37978 Ka-Lang
personal photo
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19129678
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) and Interned (INT) |
Sweden | 13 May 1944 |
Revisions
Added markings description per image and deleted redundancies.
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.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4873 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database