Bill wrote:

How did the term "Roger Wilco, Over and Out" get started? Is this just a
term from the old sci-fi and war "B" movies?

You've actually got four terms there. Probably, as you point out, used more
in the movies than actual practice.

"Over and out" is not correct, although widely used. Should only be one or
the other, depending upon whether you're finished merely with the
transmission or the entire exchange.

"Wilco (will comply) is a little redundant, coming after "Roger." Obsolete,
to the best of my knowledge (which is getting rustier by the day).
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