John Gillespie Magee Jr. Military person

John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941) was an American aviator and poet who died as a result of a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire during World War II. He was serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he joined before the United States officially entered the war. He is most famous for his poem High Flight.

Personal facts

John Gillespie Magee Jr.
Birth dateJune 09, 1922
Birth place
Shanghai
Date of deathDecember 11, 1941
Place of death
Lincolnshire
Resting place
Lincolnshire , Scopwick

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Military person

allegianceUnited States
military operations
World War II
military branch
Royal Canadian Air Force
military unit
412 Transport Squadron
service start1940
service end1941

John Gillespie Magee Jr. on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.highflightproductions.com/high_flight_productions/JohnMagee.html