Eleven: Captain A. G. Magee, Royal Canadian Regiment, who was awarded both the United States of America’s Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medals for his services as an Observer during the Korea War, during the course of which he flew 162 sorties

United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, unnamed as issued; Air Medal, unnamed as issued; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star, 1 clasp, Atlantic; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, both Canadian issues in silver, the Second War awards all contemporarily engraved ‘ZB4012 Lt. A. G. Magee.’; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (ZB 4012 A. G. Magee.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea, unnamed; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (ZB 4012 A. G. Magee.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. A. G. Magee); Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (Capt. A. G. Magee) mounted court-style for wear in this order, heavily lacquered, good very fine (11) £400-£500

Arthur G. Magee, a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, was awarded the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for his gallantry during the Korean War (Canada Gazette 13 February 1954), the official citation stating:
‘Lieutenant Arthur G. Magee, serving on temporary duty with this unit from the First Battalion of the Canadian Army, distinguished himself by extraordinary achievement in aerial flight as observer in an unarmed T-6 aircraft on 8 October 1952. While attached to the 6147th Tactical Control Group, Fifth Air Force, on a special mission near Kaesong, Korea, Lieutenant Magee and his pilot directed three flights of fighter-bomber aircraft in a series of attacks on enemy installations by marking these installations with smoke rockets. As his pilot circled the target area at low altitude in the face of intense small arms and automatic weapons fire, Lieutenant Magee directed the fighter-bombers in their attack runs. The strikes resulted in the destruction of five personnel shelters, four automatic weapon positions, two houses, one bunker, and one command post. In addition, one secondary explosion was observed and twelve enemy troops were counted killed. His high personal courage and devotion to duty, Lieutenant Magee has brought great credit upon himself, the Canadian Army, and the United States Air Force.’

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