75 years ago, John Gillespie Magee Jr penned the poem "High Flight" a few months before he died in a mid-air collision whilst out flying his Spitfire. Nowadays his poem has become a favourite of airmen around the world and has been recited by actors, presidents, astronauts and many more. It has become the official poem for a number of air forces around the world. The famous first line "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth." are inscribed on Magee's grave in Scopwick cemetery where he is b
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75 years ago, John Gillespie Magee Jr penned the poem "High Flight" a few months before he died in a mid-air collision whilst out flying his Spitfire. Nowadays his poem has
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It is 75 years since Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee wrote 'High Flight', a sonnet widely recognised the world over as the aviators' poem and one read at many burials of aviators. Magee flew his Spitfire to 33,000 feet over South Wales that day and he was inspired to pick up the pen as soon as he returned to the ground. The poem was written in a day and the BBC has filmed a number of pilots reciting it. John Magee is buried in Lincolnshire. | BBC East Yorkshire
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It is 75 years since Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee wrote 'High Flight', a sonnet widely recognised the world over as the aviators' poem and one read at many burials of aviators. Magee flew his Spitfire to 33,000 feet over South Wales that day and he was inspired to pick up the pen as soon as he returned to the ground. The poem was written in a day and the BBC has filmed a number of pilots reciting it. John Magee is buried in Lincolnshire. | BBC East Yorkshire
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