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| rsterne |
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High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee
No 412 squadron, RCAF
Killed 11 December 1941
Lest we forget....
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Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:20 am |
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| AirGunEric |
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| Seems I have missed the "moment" as it is now 11:20am... -bow head- |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:40 pm |
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| Alstone |
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I live nearby to Scopwick Commonwealth War Graves cemetery where John Gillespie is buried, and pass it regularly on my trips to Lincoln.
PO JG Magee's Gravestone in Scopwick War Cemetry
Scopwick War Cemetery
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:49 pm |
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| Is that right? I mean, it's November in my part of the world... |
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