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Old 01-27-2013, 06:31 PM   #16
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Yes, that poem by John Magee is beautiful - I remember reading it at school. Of course it was a very different experience from that of Sassoon, Owen and Graves, as he was in the air force in WW2 I believe.
Yes, he died as a result of a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire during World War II. He was only 19 yrs old. Apparently a trainer from Cranwell and his plane collided so his death was accidental rather than in combat like you would expect in war. He died on December 11, 1941 just a few days after Pearl Harbor.
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