John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922-1941)
John McGee was an aviator and poet. He died in 1921 when his Spitfire crashed in Lincolnshire, and is buried at Scopwick. He wrote the poem "High Flight" -
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;"
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.
John McGee was an aviator and poet. He died in 1921 when his Spitfire crashed in Lincolnshire, and is buried at Scopwick. He wrote the poem "High Flight" -
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;"
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.
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