Flying Colonel, The

DESCRIPTION: "With a shit-eating grin on his face," the terrified pilot of a stricken bomber brings his plane home while other crew members bail out.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: Probably World War II vintage
KEYWORDS: bawdy war desertion technology flying pilot
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cray-EroticMuse, pp. 404-406, "The Flying Colonel" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #10401
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Ship that Never Returned" [Laws D27] (tune & meter) and references there
cf. "The Wreck of Old 97" [Laws G2] (tune)
NOTES [36 words]: Internal references would date this to the WW II saturation bombing campaign upon Germany. This seems to be one of the few air force songs to have achieved oral currency apart from mimeographed or Xeroxed songbooks. - EC
File: EM404

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