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John Gillespie Magee Jr. - Quiz
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  • 1. In what month and year did John Gillespie Magee Jr. join the R.C.A.F.?
A) September 1941
B) June 1941
C) October 1940
D) August 1941
  • 2. Where did Magee receive his elementary flight training?
A) Llandow
B) Digby
C) Ottawa
D) St. Catharines
  • 3. How many hours of dual instruction did Magee have before he soloed?
A) Twelve
B) Ten
C) Eleven
D) Six
  • 4. In what city did Magee pass his Wings Test in June 1941?
A) Ottawa
B) London
C) St. Catharines
D) Cardiff
  • 5. At which RAF station did Magee perform his first flight in a Spitfire?
A) Wellingore
B) Digby
C) Llandow
D) Manston
  • 6. On what date did Magee fly to 33,000 feet, the flight believed to have inspired his poem?
A) 23 September 1941
B) 18 August 1941
C) 20 October 1941
D) 7 August 1941
  • 7. To which squadron was Magee assigned after completing training at No. 53 Operational Training Unit?
A) No. 2 Service Flying Training School
B) No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School
C) No. 53 Operational Training Unit
D) No. 412 (Fighter) Squadron
  • 8. Who commanded the 'Digby Wing' where Magee was stationed?
A) Hart Massey
B) Joachim Müncheberg
C) Vincent Massey
D) Cowboy Blatchford
  • 9. Which aircraft model did No. 412 Squadron switch to shortly after Magee arrived?
A) Messerschmitt Bf 109
B) Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
C) Hurricane Mk I
D) Supermarine Spitfire Mk II
  • 10. To which station did the squadron move on 20 October 1941?
A) RAF Digby
B) RAF Llandow
C) RAF West Malling
D) RAF Wellingore
  • 11. What was the target of the bombing raid on 8 November 1941?
A) Dunkirk coastal defenses
B) RAF Manston
C) The English Channel fleet
D) Railway workshops at Lille
  • 12. Who shot down the members of Magee's four-ship section during the Lille raid?
A) Joachim Müncheberg
B) Hart Massey
C) Vincent Massey
D) Cowboy Blatchford
  • 13. How many rounds of ammunition did Magee fire during his engagement on 8 November 1941?
A) 100
B) 300
C) 500
D) 160
  • 14. How many successful claims did Magee make for damaging enemy aircraft during his career?
A) Zero
B) Three
C) Four
D) One
  • 15. How many convoy patrols did Magee fly in late November and early December 1941?
A) Two
B) Three
C) One
D) Four
  • 16. What famous sonnet was written by John Gillespie Magee Jr.?
A) Wings of War
B) High Flight
C) The Fallen
D) Skyros Sunset
  • 17. In which city was John Gillespie Magee Jr. born?
A) Nanking
B) Pittsburgh
C) Shanghai
D) London
  • 18. What was the occupation of Magee's parents?
A) Soldiers
B) Missionaries
C) Lawyers
D) Poets
  • 19. Magee's mother, Faith Emmeline Backhouse, was from which English county?
A) Suffolk
B) Surrey
C) Essex
D) Kent
  • 20. Which school in England did Magee attend from 1935 to 1939?
A) Avon Old Farms School
B) American School in Nanking
C) Rugby School
D) St Clare
  • 21. Which poet did Magee emulate in his writing style?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) Rupert Brooke
C) Wilfred Owen
D) W.B. Yeats
  • 22. What was the subject of the poem that won Magee the Poetry Prize in 1938?
A) The outbreak of World War II
B) The burial of Rupert Brooke
C) His time in Shanghai
D) Life as a pilot
  • 23. Who was the daughter of the Rugby School headmaster that Magee fell in love with?
A) Elinor Lyon
B) Faith Backhouse
C) Mary Stabler
D) Alice Mellon
  • 24. Which wealthy family was part of Magee's extended family in Pittsburgh?
A) The Carnegies
B) The Mellons
C) The Rockefellers
D) The Vanderbilts
  • 25. What did Magee do during the 1939–1940 school year because he could not travel to Britain?
A) Continued at Rugby School
B) Attended Avon Old Farms School
C) Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force
D) Enrolled at Yale University
  • 26. How did Magee die in 1941?
A) Accidental fall
B) Illness in the hospital
C) Mid-air collision
D) Shot down by enemy fire
  • 27. What reason did Magee give his father for enjoying his social life despite the state of the world?
A) His generation did not expect to live long
B) He was trying to escape his missionary duties
C) He felt he had earned a reward for his academic success
D) He wanted to impress his teachers
  • 28. Which military organization did Magee join to learn to fly?
A) Royal Canadian Air Force
B) Royal Air Force
C) United States Army Air Service
D) United States Navy
  • 29. What was the location of the cat rescue incident involving Magee?
A) Avon Old Farms School
B) Pittsburgh
C) Martha's Vineyard
D) Rugby School
  • 30. Where was Rupert Brooke buried?
A) London
B) Skyros
C) Pittsburgh
D) Shanghai
  • 31. What was the serial number of the Spitfire Magee flew on the day of his death?
A) AD412
B) AD291
C) T1052
D) VZ-H
  • 32. How old was Magee at the time of his death?
A) 20
B) 21
C) 18
D) 19
  • 33. What was the name of the other pilot involved in the mid-air collision?
A) No. 412
B) S. K. Belton
C) Archibald MacLeish
D) Ernest Aubrey Griffin
  • 34. Over which hamlet did the mid-air collision occur?
A) Scopwick
B) Roxholme
C) Ruskington
D) Wellingore
  • 35. What was the occupation of the witness who saw Magee struggling with the canopy?
A) Pilot
B) Padre
C) Librarian
D) Farmer
  • 36. Where is Magee buried?
A) Library of Congress
B) Holy Cross Church in Scopwick
C) RAF Wellingore
D) Saint John's Episcopal Church
  • 37. Who helped make High Flight widely known through a Library of Congress exhibition?
A) S. K. Belton
B) Archibald MacLeish
C) Ernest Aubrey Griffin
D) Magee's father
  • 38. What was the altitude of the aircraft collision?
A) 1,100 feet
B) 1,900 feet
C) 412 feet
D) 1,400 feet
  • 39. Who conducted Magee's funeral service?
A) Ernest Aubrey Griffin
B) Archibald MacLeish
C) S. K. Belton
D) A local farmer
  • 40. Which actress recited 'High Flight' during the Hollywood Victory Caravan?
A) Merle Oberon
B) Cary Grant
C) Bing Crosby
D) Laurel and Hardy
  • 41. In what year did the Hollywood Victory Caravan tour the United States?
A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1943
D) 1941
  • 42. Where was the Hollywood Victory Caravan performance held on 30 April 1942?
A) National Air Force Museum
B) Cadet Field House
C) Canadian War Museum
D) Loew's Capitol Theatre
  • 43. Which family members of John Gillespie Magee Jr. were acknowledged at the 30 April 1942 performance?
A) Mother and sister
B) Father and sister
C) Mother and brother
D) Father and brother
  • 44. Who must recite 'High Flight' from memory at the United States Air Force Academy?
A) Fourth class cadets
B) Academy instructors
C) Graduating seniors
D) First class cadets
  • 45. Where is 'High Flight' displayed at the United States Air Force Academy?
A) Commandant's office
B) Main library
C) Airfield hangar
D) Cadet Field House
  • 46. Where is the poem 'High Flight' inscribed in full?
A) Canadian War Museum
B) National Air Force Museum of Canada
C) Arlington National Cemetery
D) Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial
  • 47. Who composed the piece 'Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew'?
A) James Curnow
B) Cary Grant
C) Merle Oberon
D) John Gillespie Magee Jr.
  • 48. In what year did the piece 'Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew' debut?
A) 1993
B) 1942
C) 1912
D) 1941
  • 49. What is the motto of several Commonwealth air forces?
A) Per ardua ad astra
B) Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew
C) High Flight
D) Ad Astra Per Aspera
  • 50. In what year was the motto 'Per ardua ad astra' first used?
A) 1941
B) 1912
C) 1942
D) 1993
  • 51. Which poem is suggested as potentially the last one written by Magee?
A) High Flight
B) Per Ardua
C) The Aviator's Dream
D) Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew
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