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Hoagy Carmichael

HOAGY CARMICHAEL The Classic 4xLP Box Set W/Book NM- $34.99

BLACKHURST/STRITCH – DREAMING OF A SONG-THE MUSIC OF HOAGY CARMICHAEL [CD NEW] $16.82

#3103 Hoagy Carmichael – Steve Wilson Hand Painted Cachet ML $3.00

IN HOAGYLAND. Georgie Fame,Annie Ross,Hoagy Carmichael. Orig Ex+ 1981 UK Lp $7.89

Hoagy Carmichael : Riverboat Shuffle – Original Recordi $9.46

Sing & Play with Hoagy Carmichael $25.00

A-1950 KIRK DOUGLAS LAUREN BACALL DORIS DAY HOAGY CARMICHAEL LOVE LSB MOVIE AD $21.95

MATT MONRO sings hoagy carmichael LP PS VG/EX music the pleasure MFP 1380 $15.73

HOAGY CARMICHAEL the hoagy carmichael songbook DBL LP PS EX/EX VSOP LP123 $29.00

HOAGY sings CARMICHAEL mono LP w/ insert Japan Pacific Jazz JOHNNY MANDEL $24.99

Hoagy Carmichael 1949 Ad- Chocolate Whiskey and Vanilla Gin $9.00

Hoagy Carmichael 101 Classic Songs 1924-1946 4 CD set $28.98

1983 DAVE MCKENNA A Celebration Of Hoagy Carmichael Concord Jazz LP CJ-227 NM $10.00

1946 OLE BUTTERMILK SKY HOAGY CARMICHAEL SHEET MUSIC $4.95

HOAGY CARMICHAEL Essential BEST OF 53 Song New 2 CD $7.89

The Stardust Road Hoagy Carmichael 10″ LP 1949 $4.95

BEAUTIFUL RARE HOAGY CARMICHAEL POSTER – MINT! $3.95

Ole Buttermilk Sky (1946) Patti Clayton, Hoagy Carmichael & Jack Brooks #4327* $0.99

Blue Orchids (1939) Hoagy Carmichael #4323* $0.99

The Nearness Of You (1940) Ned Washington & Hoagy Carmichael #4294* $0.99

VICTOR 78 RPM SCROLL LABEL RECORD – VICTOR 23034 BY HOAGY CARMICHAEL $4.99

Hoagy Carmichael volume 1 CD louis arstrong eddie lang $4.12

Hoagy Carmichael-Hoagy German RCA LP w/ 19 cuts from 1927-34 $5.00

HOAGY CARMICHAEL AUTOGRAPHED REPRINT $6.00

Hal Leonard Georgia On My Mind & Other Songs By Hoagy Carmichael Book/CD Volume $14.39

Hoagy Carmichael 4 lp box set USA press w/booklet Stassrdust to Buttermilk sky $19.99

Hoagy Carmichael Stardust Melody: 21 Essential Classics CD $2.61

Sheet Music AMONG MY SOUVENIRS The Best Years Of Our Lives with Hoagy Carmichael $4.49

Sheet Music STAR DUST Hoagy Carmichael 1929 piano vocal $3.49

Sheet Music DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF Hoagy Carmichael 1945 The Stork Club $4.49

HOAGY CARMICHAEL The Old Music Master MEMOIR RECORDS CD ALBUM CDMOIR 527! $6.31

Sheet Music 1946 Ole Buttermilk Sky Hoagy Carmichael $9.99

DAVE McKENNA-A Celebration Of Hoagy Carmichael-Jazz LP $8.88

Blue Orchids-Hoagy Carmichael’s -Sheet Music $4.95

A HOAGY CARMICHAEL FESTIVAL STEREO 2 RECORD ALBUM $3.99

The Mills Brothers: Stardust 1929 Sheet Music, Hoagy Carmichael Piano islmus* $2.00

1929 Music “Star Dust” by Hoagy Carmichael & M. Parish $5.00

SOMEWHERE ON VIA ROMA-IN ITALIAN-HOAGY CARMICHAEL-ENGLISH WORDS AND MUSIC-1945 $9.99

Hoagy Carmichael : The Best of Hoagy Carmichael $15.81

HOAGY CARMICHAEL – Sing It Way Down Low / Thanksgivin’ 78 rpm disc $4.73

1939 HOAGY CARMICHAEL sings his STAR DUST Decca 78 $8.99

HOAGY CARMICHAEL: 1944-45 V-disc Sessions (jazz LP) $15.00

HOAGY CARMICHAEL SINGS HOAGY CARMICHAEL LP MCA 1970s NM $9.47

HOAGY CARMICHAEL & PACIFIC JAZZMEN LP – Jazztone J1266 $23.95

FULTON STREET JAZZ BAND SEALED LP – Hoagy Carmichael $23.95

HOAGY CARMICHAEL / STUART GORRELL Georgia on My Mind SHEET MUSIC 1957 PEER $2.99

HOAGY CARMICHAEL / MITCHELL PARISH Star Dust SHEET MUSIC 1957 MILLS MUSIC $2.99

1931 Max Kortlander Jealous Mills Music Player Piano Roll #7541 QRS Orig. Box NR $9.99

AL COBINE BIG BAND LP – Plays Hoagy Carmichael (1983) $19.00

Hoagy Carmichael 101 Classic Songs 1924-1946 4 CD set $31.98

GEORGIE FAME ANNIE ROSS HOAGY CARMICHAEL IN HOAGLAND $33.99

TEX BENEKE – 45 RPM BOX SET Plays Hoagy Carmichael $18.95

HOAGY CARMICHAEL 78 RPM & SLEEVE – Golden Record 501 $13.75

19th century French Antique Stove Heater owned by Hoagy Carmichael $0.99

1936 THE SHOW IS ON Sheet Music LITTLE OLD LADY Hoagy Carmichael $1.99

Hoagy Carmichael – Hoagy Sings Carmichael CD NEW! Johnny Mandel $8.25

Hoagy Carmichael – Stardust & Much More – 1989 NEW CD $45.00

Blue Orchids (1939) Hoagy Carmichael #4298 $0.99

Hoagy Carmichael-The Stardust Road- book-SIGNED!!RARE! $99.99

Sheet Music , Star Dust – Hoagy Carmichael $6.46

1941 Press Photo Hoagy Carmichael rocking chair piano Howard Lazy bones $21.88

1958 Press Photo Hoagy Carmichael Sound Monn Climax $19.88

Heart & Soul by Crystal Gayle sings Hoagy Carmichael (CD-1999, Compendia) ! $10.99

Symphony Of Srings – Hoagy Carmichael – Stardust – Allegro – ALL739 – 1964 (LP) $20.54

1929 Hoagy Carmichael Piano Compositions $48.95

HOAGY CARMICHAEL – PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED $1,299.00

HOAGY CARMICHAEL – DOCUMENT SIGNED 09/11/1956 $2,499.00

Hal Leonard Georgia On My Mind & Other Songs By Hoagy Carmichael Book/CD Volume $14.39

Hoagy Sings Carmichael – Carmichael, Hoagy (NEWCD 2000) $7.12

HOAGY CARMICHAEL Hoagy $9.47

MUSIC BY HOAGY CARMICHAEL MCA RECORDS NEW SEALED CONDIT $4.99

GEORGIA ON MY MIND Sheet Music 1941 Hoagy Carmichael NM $4.99

Unplayed LP “High on Hoagy” Signed by Hoagy Carmichael $34.99

Young Man With a Horn VHS Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall Doris Day Hoagy Carmichael- $4.45

LAZYBONES by JOHNNY MERCER & HOAGY CARMICHAEL w/ THE CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA (1933) $9.99

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Arizona’s Tie to British History at Falcon Field

Falcon Field

Arizona does have The London Bridge but I wouldn’t recommend it for visitors to the State. An interesting stop on the way to the Grand Canyon might be Falcon Field in Mesa just east of Phoenix. This outpost of an airport has some unlikely ties to British Military history. Falcon Field was once a training field for the RAF during World War II.

At the beginning of World War II the RAF was looking for a place to train pilots and settled on six locations in the United States including one in the Arizona desert. These Civilian Pilot Training Schools were contracted as British Flying Training Schools prior to US entering the war.

The first cadets of the British Royal Air Force arrived in 1941. The good weather, wide-open spaces, and lack of enemy airpower provided significantly safer and more efficient training than was possible in England.

The airport owner, Hollywood producer Leland Hayward and his partner Pilot Jack Connelly lobbied to have the British choose the Mesa location.  Up to that time the airfield had been used to ferry movie stars back and forth from California.  Hayward wanted to support the war effort and gain some exposure for his fledgling airline, Southwest Airways which he started with funding from friends like Henry Fonda, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, Hoagy Carmichael and others. During the time the RAF was using the airport Falcon Field was used as a location for the Thunder Birds film  starring Gene Tierney. Some RAF cadet were featured in the movie. The RAF cadets and were frequently befriended by Hollywood’s elite.

While the  RAF cadets may have suffered from some culture shock by being transported to the desert, many managed to enjoy their stay by spending time with Hollywood starlets, swimming in the Falcon Field pool and playing cowboy-horseback riding across the rugged Arizona terrain.

Who could blame them? These young cadets knew they would soon be going back to England to face the war and an uncertain, maybe short future. Many did not even escape the perils of training and twenty-three British cadets, one American cadet and four instructors were killed at Falcon Field. These RAF Veterans are now buried in the Mesa City Cemetery, along with several of their colleagues who have since died of natural causes. Several thousand pilots were trained there until the RAF installation was closed at the end of World War II.

Falcon Field hosts regular reunions for the RAF veterans in the newer Falcon Field hanger. Now home to a museum and the Commemorative Air Force, this hanger is transported into a 1940′s ‘USO” show where visitors can recount old stories and relive memories. Many of the RAF cadets returned after the war and live in Arizona. They generously volunteer at the museum, share photos and accounts of the rich history of this unique time.  (including the photos displayed here)

Falcon Field hosts air shows and has one air museum open to the public. The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has a variety of aircraft from WW I through Vietnam, including the most fully restored B-17 flying today B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey, B-25, C-45, SNJ, F4 Phantom, Migs 15 & 21 and other warbirds.

Falcon Field and The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force Museum is located at 2017 N. Greenfield Road, at the intersection of Greenfield and Mckellips Road in Mesa, Arizona. For more information please visit the CAF website at: www.azcaf.org

 

About the Author

Kelly Sallaway is a Scottsdale, Arizona based writer.

Am I Blue (1944) Hoagy Carmichael