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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.
John Gillespie Magee Jr. was born in Shanghai, China to missionary parents. His father was American and his mother was British; Magee moved to England in the early 1930s to attend St. Clare’s and then Rugby School, where he won the Poetry Prize in 1938....
John Gillespie Magee Jr. was born in Shanghai, China to missionary parents. His father was American and his mother was British; Magee moved to England in the early 1930s to attend St. Clare’s and then Rugby School, where he won the Poetry Prize in 1938.
High Flight is a 1941 sonnet written by war poet John Gillespie Magee Jr. and inspired by his experiences as a fighter pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II.
Sep 3, 2013 · One day in late August or early September, 1941, a 19-year-old Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot named John Gillespie Magee, Jr., who was then serving with the No. 412 Squadron in Royal Air Force Digby, England, sent a letter to his parents. “I am enclosing a verse I wrote the other day,” he began. …
John Gillespie Magee Jr. was an Anglo-American poet, best known for his sonnet "High Flight", written just months before his death at the young age of nineteen. This poem, capturing the exhilaration and wonder of flight, resonated deeply with a world at war and continues to be celebrated today.
In August or September 1941, Pilot Officer Magee composed "High Flight" and sent a copy to his parents. Several months later, on Dec. 11, 1941, his Spitfire collided with another plane over England, and Magee, only 19 years of age, crashed to his death.
The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. The RCAF’s most beloved poem, “High Flight”, was written by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., an American who volunteered to serve with the RCAF during the Second World War.
Dec 8, 2011 · December 8, 2011. John Gillespie Magee Jr. Library and Archives, Canada. Whether you love it or hate it, John Gillespie Magee’s “High Flight” remains the most enduring of aviation poems:...
In October 1940, the United States was more than a year away from officially entering the Second World War when John Gillespie Magee, Jr., a China-born, England-raised American, crossed the Canada-United States border and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
