Music for Leather Flight Jackets

[London Cabbie]

 

[ausreenactor]

Colonel Bogey march...

 

[dinomartino1]

Perry Como and Martha Stewart
Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)

 

[Micawber]

 

[jack31916]

 

[London Cabbie]

Fantastic, prersonally not seen much period footage of Airmen in A2’s...What film was that Sir?

 

[dinomartino1]

Fantastic, prersonally not seen much period footage of Airmen in A2’s...What film was that Sir?

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944, a film about the Doolittle raid.

 

[dinomartino1]

Glenn Miller The Army Air Corps
Great footage

 

[Flightengineer]

This song came to Russia when the B-17s were based in Poltava, then it was translated into Russian and was very popular and well-known here, it was sung by many performers during the war years here.

 

[jack31916]

 

[dinomartino1]

Les Brown and His Band of Renown had been performing the song, but were unable to record it because of the 1942–44 musicians' strike. When the strike ended the band with Doris Day as vocalist had a hit record with the song, Day's first #1 hit in 1945. The song's release coincided with the end of the war in Europe and became the unofficial homecoming theme for many veterans.

 

[Flightengineer]

 

[dinomartino1]

This song came to Russia when the B-17s were based in Poltava, then it was translated into Russian and was very popular and well-known here, it was sung by many performers during the war years here.

Comin´ In On A Wing And A Prayer - Бомбардировщики
Utyosova & Lyeonid Utyosov

 

[Flightengineer]

Comin´ In On A Wing And A Prayer - Бомбардировщики
Utyosova & Lyeonid Utyosov

It's very famous singer and most famous version he sung.

 

[jack31916]

I was in that clip together with a lot of friends. Check out the original A-2 my friend (the Oliver Hardy look alike) was wearing. Clip was taken in 1983 in a hangar at Gilze Rijen Airbase and took us 3 days of filming

 

[Flightengineer]

I was in that clip together with a lot of friends. Check out the original A-2 my friend (the Oliver Hardy look alike) was wearing. Clip was taken in 1983 in a hangar at Gilze Rijen Airbase and took us 3 days of filming

Jack, I once found this clip after you mentioned it in one thread about this jacket.
This Dutch band Stars on 45 was very popular here in the mid-80s. I had no idea that the girls from Stars on 45 were so cute until I saw this clip. I really like the clip, maybe not everyone has the correct uniform, but the clip is excellent.

 

[Garylafortuna]

This thread certainly has its allotment of great music. Absolutely terrific. A ton of perse and poisonality. More if you please.

 

[Smithy]

I agree entirely on the Swing/Big Band stuff for WWII era as it's a no brainer and I'm a big fan of all of that.

Interestingly enough from a modern perspective I know/have known a few jet jockeys/knucks and they all seem to love Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart", they all seem to plonk it on at parties or put it in cockpit vids when they're fooling around. I should qualify that that's RNZAF and RAAF guys, no idea whether RAF/USAF/USN, etc, etc do the same.

 

[London Cabbie]

I was going to do a music for Nylon...

 

[Smithy]

I was going to do a music for Nylon...

That'd be Nomex