William Ross MacBrien

William Ross MacBrien

Air Vice-Marshal MacBrien
Born 1913
Died 1986
Allegiance  Canada
Service/branch  Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service 1935 to 1969
Rank Air Marshal

Air Marshal William Ross MacBrien, OBE, CD, RCAF (1913–1986), commonly known as Bill MacBrien or Iron Bill, was a senior Royal Canadian Air Force officer during World War II and a senior commander in the 1950s and 60s.

MacBrien was born in 1913[1] in the United Kingdom. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1935 and during World War II he commanded a Canadian fighter sector in continental Europe. In the early 1950s, he was a senior staff officer at the Headquarters of Canada's Air Defence Command in Saint-Hubert, Quebec before being appointed to further staff duties at No. 4 ATAF at Lansberg in Germany.[2]

In September 1958 MacBrien took over as Air Officer Commanding Air Defence Command.[3] Deputy commander in chief at the SHAPE HQ in Belgium in 1967. From August 1967 to January 1969 MacBrien was the Deputy Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).[4]

MacBrien died in 1986. His body was buried in the Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.interment.net/data/canada/ontario/ottawa/beechwood/
  2. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200530.html
  3. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958-1-%20-%200285.html?search=MacBrien
  4. ↑ Veale, Thomas F. (2008). Guarding What You Value Most: North American Aerospace Defense Command, Celebrating 50 Years. Government Printing Office. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-16-080436-6.
  5. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20826452
Military offices
Preceded by
C R Dunlap		 Deputy Commander of NORAD
1967 – 1969 		Succeeded by
F R Sharp


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