MacDonald, William Mary Laurence

Date of birth:: August 11th, 1908 (County Cork, Ireland)
Date of death:: November 9th, 1984
Service number:: 28045
Nationality:: British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Career:
1 Oct 1938: Officer Commanding, No 150 Sqn.
1 Jul 1940: Air Staff, HQ No 1 Group.
Nov 1943: Officer Commanding, No 137 Wing.
20 Nov 1944: AOA, HQ No 84 (Composite) Group.
1946: Commandant, Central Flying School.
1948: Exchange posting with USAF.
1950: Deputy Director of Plans (Joint Planning Staff).
1 Apr 1952: AOC, No 230 Group.
1 Jun 1952: AOC, AHQ Singapore.
8 Sep 1954: Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence).
26 Nov 1958: C in C, Middle East Air Force.
16 Aug 1960: The Administrator, Sovereign Base Areas - Cyprus.
1 Mar 1961: C in C, Near East Air Force/Commander, British Forces Near East.
22 Oct 1962: Air Secretary
6 Apr 1965 - 12 Aug 1966: Air ADC to The Queen

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Squadron Leader
Unit:: No. 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: February 20th, 1940

"For leading a photo-reconnaissance mission into Germany on September 30th, 1939 to monitor the movements of any German build up after the end of the Polish campaign, to discover if an attack on France was likely.

The Fairey Battle airplane flown by S/L MacDonald returned safely to its base RAF Ecury-sur-Coole, France."