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John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
1922Jun, 9

John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

John Gillespie Magee, Jr., Chinese-American pilot and poet (d. 1941)
John Gillespie Magee Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941) was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and poet, who wrote the poem "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental mid-air collision over England in 1941.

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