John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 83 years ago |
Date of birth | June 9,1922 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Shanghai |
China | |
Died | Ruskington |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | December 11,1941 |
Books | The Complete Works of John Magee, the Pilot Poet : Including a Short Biography |
Nationality | American |
English | |
Place of burial | Scopwick |
England | |
Parents | Faith Emmeline Backhouse |
Battleswar | World War II |
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ID | 3963327 |
John Gillespie Magee Jr. Life story
John Gillespie Magee Jr. was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, who wrote the sonnet "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental mid-air collision over England in 1941.