Oleg, you'll be my hero forever if you can do this:

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by robtek

@nearmiss
"There is no way you would have heard entertainment radio in the air during WW2."

Thats is not so, especially in flight it is easy to receive am radio-stations over a few 100 km.
This was used for navigation in ww2! I.e. "Soldatensender Belgrad" BBC London and quite a few Radio Stations where online during the war and where received with adf equipment in Bombers and other planes equipped with adf receivers.

You got me there..

Shortwave AM transmissions were the norm during WW2, yes I do believe the signals were out there and could be received.

Yes, pilots could have received those signals in the air with someone to carefully tune for signals with the right equipment.

Did pilots have the right equipment and the time to tune those signals while on missions is probably what I should have said? LOL

[Viikate]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Did pilots have the right equipment and the time to tune those signals while on missions is probably what I should have said? LOL

Of course they did have the equipment. Normal aircraft radios like this FUG 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE45V4lwydA

Dedicated radio operator would have time to fool around with radios.

[philip.ed]

I've definately read before that, occasionally, some pilots (after a sortie) would stick on the favourite roadio-station of the day to play in flight...

however, I can't remember where I read it

[erco]

Tuning these radios is easier than you think. Easily within the capabilities of a single pilot.

[TheGrunch]

I remember reading Brian Kingcome's book (I think it was his) where he said he was very disappointed when the early-type radios in Spitfires were changed for the newer ones that couldn't be tuned to commercial radio stations.