Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.

2015年4月10日 · Ranked among the luckiest people in the world, Alan E. Magee survived a free fall of almost four miles from a B-17 bomber during a raid in WWII. When his bomber came under fire from German anti-aircraft guns, he ran out of options. His bomber was spinning mid-air and spiralling towards the ground.

2023年9月15日 · B-17 belly gunner Alan E. Magee survives. He was captured by the Germans, who treated his serious injuries (accounts of the wounds vary), and he became a prisoner of war. (Two crew members parachuted to safety. Seven others died in the crash.) Magee was liberated in May 1945, received the Air Medal for meritorious conduct and the Purple Heart.

On the 23rd of September 1995 Alan E. Magee, accompanied by his wife Helen, returned to St Nazaire to take part in a ceremony sponsored by French citizens, dedicating a memorial to his seven fellow crewmen killed in the crash of Snap! Crackle!

2020年3月21日 · Mission #3, SSGT Alan E. Magee, w/B-17F 41-24602, 303BG/360BS 22 November 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24602 "Yardbird II", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France.

2025年2月27日 · Alan Magee (Source: American Air Museum in Britain) Shrapnel from a flak explosion beneath the bomber rendered Magee’s ball turret inoperable. Wounded and bleeding, he clambered out of the turret. Magee realized that the flak had also shredded his parachute pack, destroying it. As he was attempting to maneuver within the plane, a direct hit ...

Alan Eugene Magee died in San Angelo on Dec. 20, 2003, from stroke and kidney failure at age 84. His final resting place is in Pioneer Memorial Park by Shaffer Funeral...

Artist Alan Magee's official website featuring realist paintings, prints, monotypes, digital photomontages, sculpture, illustration and tapestries

2024年9月27日 · Desperate to escape, Magee knew the ball turret had no parachute, so he wrestled it into position and pushed open the hatch. Climbing out into the chaos of battle, he found the aircraft’s waist gunners still firing as enemy planes roared past.

Forum Gallery has represented Alan Magee since 2001, presenting seven one-person exhibitions for the artist. In 2020, Alan Magee: Witness, was presented in a cross-platform exhibition and Online Viewing Room, featuring nine powerful paintings of helmets and weaponry paired with the Artist’s haunting monotypes.