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  2. Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X - Wikipedia

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    The US Navy exacted control over the Wing and a Prayer to the extent that the film was a "semi-official" production. [6] The aircraft used in the Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X were mainly Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers. These were contemporary with US Navy ...

  3. Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer - Wikipedia

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    The song was recorded by the Song Spinners [5] for Decca Records, reaching number one on the Billboard pop chart on July 2, 1943. [6]"Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" was the only song with a war connection to appear in the top twenty best-selling songs of 1943 in the United States (although record sales in this period were heavily affected by the first Petrillo recording ban).

  4. Wing and a Prayer (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X is a 1944 war film. Wing and a Prayer may also refer to: ... "Wing and a Prayer", a song by the Mission from Children;

  5. ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ Review: Dennis Quaid’s Spiritual ...

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    No redemptive stone is left unturned in “On a Wing and a Prayer,” Sean McNamara’s formulaic dramatization of the true events surrounding civilian Doug White’s 2009 emergency landing of a ...

  6. List of 1940s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X (1944) – war drama film about the heroic crew of an American aircraft carrier in the desperate early days of World War II in the Pacific Ocean [171] 1945 [ edit ]

  7. The Song Spinners - Wikipedia

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    The Johnsons started The Song Spinners to perform background vocals on a radio show called "The Wayside Cottage". During the 1942–44 musicians' strike, Decca Records hired Margaret to arrange and perform vocal accompaniment for Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, the Dick Haymes hit "You'll Never Know" and "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer ...

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    The loss of US Navy Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver, BuNo 00154, of VB-5, during launch near Trinidad on 28 May 1943 [67] during the shakedown cruise of the USS Yorktown was incorporated by 20th Century Fox into the 1944 film Wing and a Prayer: The Story of Carrier X. [68] 30 May

  9. The Four Vagabonds - Wikipedia

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    Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer Bluebird 30-0815 78 RPM, 10" A G.I. Wish If I Were You Victor 20-1677 78 RPM, 10" Ho Cake Hominy And Sassafras Tea Kentucky Baby Apollo 1030 78 RPM, 10" The Pleasure's All Mine Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Apollo 1039 78 RPM, 10" Dreams Are a Dime A Dozen I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Apollo 1055