Douglas Macfadyen

Sir Douglas Macfadyen
Born	8 August 1902
Died	26 July 1968 (aged 65)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1920–1959
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands held	No. 105 Squadron British Forces Aden RAF Staff College, Bracknell Home Command
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen KCB CBE (8 August 1902 – 26 July 1968) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Home Command.

RAF career

After education at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, Macfadyen joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1920.^[1] After a tour as Adjutant of the London University Air Squadron,^[2] he became Officer Commanding No. 105 Squadron in May 1939 and served in World War II in that role before joining the Planning Staff at Headquarters British Air Forces in France.^[1] He continued his war service at the Directorate of War Organisation, at Headquarters Eastern Air Command and at Headquarters North-West African Air Forces before being made Director of Policy (Air Staff) at the Air Ministry in 1944.^[1]

After the War he became Commandant of the Officer’s Advanced Training School at RAF Digby and then at RAF Hornchurch.^[1] He was appointed Director of Plans at the Air Ministry in January 1949, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy) in August 1949 and Air Officer commanding British Forces Aden in 1952.^[1] He went on to be Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell, in 1953 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Home Command in 1956 before retiring in 1959.^[1]

Family

His son (Ian Macfadyen) also became an Air Marshal.^[3]

References

1. Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen
2. Best University air Squadron Flight International, 22 November 1957
3. The International Who's Who 2004 By Europa Publications, p. 1053