CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT (JET JACKSON, FLYING COMMANDO)

Captain Midnight is perhaps one of the best-remembered US children’s action-adventure television shows from the 1950s.

First heard as a popular radio serial in the 1940s, Captain Midnight made its television debut in 1954 with Richard Webb starring as the crime-fighting pilot who flew exciting missions for his Secret Squadron in his plane, the Sky King.

Captain Midnight – whose real name was Captain Albright – had been a brave and daring flying ace during World War I, according to the radio show, who returned to his home base precisely at midnight after flying a particularly dangerous mission, which is how he got his name… read more >