In article .com,
"Kev" wrote:

Sam O'Nella wrote:
Question: is there something similar in the US? _The_ aviator song?

"Sky Pilot" by The Animals? http://www.rjsmith.com/skypilot.html

Errr... "Sky Pilot" is slang for a military priest or chaplain

But you probably knew that.

Cheers, Kev

As in the probably much older (WW II?) example:

Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.
Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.
Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition,
And we'll all stay free.

For the sky pilot said it -- You gotta give 'em credit,
For a son of a gun of a gunner was he,
Shouting Praise the Lord, and . . .