John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Who is John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
John Gillespie Magee Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941) 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.
Early life
John Gillespie Magee was born in Shanghai, China, to an American father and a British mother, who both worked as Anglican missionaries. His father, John Magee Sr., was from a family of some wealth and influence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Magee Senior chose to become an Episcopal priest and was sent as a missionary to China. Whilst there he met his future wife, Faith Emmeline Backhouse, who came from Helmingham in Suffolk and was a member of the Church Missionary Society. Magee's parents married in 1921,...
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- Votebrevard: today, we remember the crew of the space shuttle challenger. an interesting fact, the back of the marker for the 7 astronauts buried at the arlington national cemetery features a poem "high flight," written by royal canadian air force pilot john gillespie magee, jr. in 1941.
- Mchopowick: john gillespie magee jr. wrote “high flight” in 1941, with the memorable words, “i have slipped the surly bonds of earth…and touched the face of god”.
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