Hedy Lamarr is a Beautiful Gal

I panned Jack McDevitt’s Ancient Shores a couple of days ago (I won’t add injury to insult by linking to my review); but I’m indebted to him for including a bit of World War II-era songwriting on the subject of that epic warplane, the P-38 Lighting. Here’s a ditty called “Lightnings in the Sky” (author unknown):

Oh, Hedy Lamarr is a beautiful gal,
  And Madeleine Carroll is too.
But you’ll find, if you query,
  A different theory
  Amongst any bomber crew.
For the loveliest thing
  Of which one could sing
  This side of the heavenly gates,
Is no blonde or brunette
  Of the Hollywood set,
  But an escort of P—38’s.