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John Gillespie Magee (1922 - 1941)
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While the Battle of Britain raged on, a countless number of Americans crossed the border into Canada to enlist with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Alth .. more >>
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  Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings ...
And while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high, untrespassed sanctity of space, ...
John Gillespie Magee (c. 1922-1941), U.S.-born pilot with Royal Canadian Air Force. High Flight (written 1941). first and last lines of the sonnet...

 
 
 
 
 
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