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Wallaceburg · WallaceburgAndy Magee's gravestone at Plot 1307, Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Leamington. Andy Magee was captured in Frankfurt, Germany, shortly after he was captured on Feb. 8, 1945. In a letter dated Oct. 17, 1946, Andy wrote from his home at 732 Forhan St. in Wallaceburg to Dear Sir. As I still have my heart set on flying as a future, I would like to apply for enlistment. Please advise me at the earliest time as to what chances I have.See the Story
A long way from home in a very cold place: A story of Flight Lt. Andy Magee (Part 10)
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Wallaceburg · WallaceburgMagee force landed his Typhoon in a field, approximately 25 kilometres southeast of M�nster, a city in the Westphalia region of Germany. For four days and nights after he force landed, Magee did everything he could to survive the brutal cold, evade capture and get back to base at Helmond.See the Story
A long way from home in a very cold place: A story of Flight Lt. Andy Magee (Part 9)
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Wallaceburg · WallaceburgMillionaires are given gift bags with contents valued at $178,000! What?! I get it, corporations want their names out there, but here's a thought: donate to local theatre groups, arts and culture, homeless shelters, any number of worthwhile investments in bettering a community.See the Story
WALLACEBURG ARTS: Who gets to the determine the winner?
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Wallaceburg · WallaceburgAndy Magee flew 65 combat operations with 247 Squadron during the Second World War. Magee climbed into, and out of, a cockpit 76 times. Of those 76 times, he climbed into the cockpit of a Typhoon 70 times. He flew operations called armed reconnaissance. These were essentially, hunting trips: looking for, and then attacking, anything that supported the German war machine.See the Story
A long way from home in a very cold place: A story of Flight Lt. Andy Magee (Part 8)
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Wallaceburg · WallaceburgOn Aug. 11, 1942, 20-year-old Flight Lieut. Andy Magee recorded the following handwritten note in his flying log book: ”POSTED TO 56 R.A.F SQD (Snailwell) ON 12.8.42.” He was on his way to an operational squadron flying the Hawker Typhoon.See the Story
A long way from home in a very cold place (Part 7)
Wallaceburg · WallaceburgYork1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. has applied to Ontario’s Environment Ministry to restart and expand a waste disposal site at 29831 Irish School Rd., north of Dresden. The facility would accept up to 6,000 tonnes a day of non-hazardous solid waste.See the Story
Council opposes in principle proposed Dresden-area recycling facility
Wallaceburg · WallaceburgOn May 2, 1942, at No. 17 Advanced Flying Unit (AFU) in Watton, 120 kilometres northeast of London, England, Flight Lt. Andy Magee climbed into the cockpit of a Miles Master II trainer airplane for the very first time.See the Story