Ian Dougald McLachlan
Air Vice Marshal Ian Dougald McLachlan, CB, CBE, DFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. Born in Melbourne, he was a cadet at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, before joining the Air Force in December 1930. After serving in instructional and general flying roles, he took command of No.3 Squadron in December 1939.
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Air Vice Marshal Ian Dougald McLachlan, CB, CBE, DFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. Born in Melbourne, he was a cadet at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, before joining the Air Force in December 1930. After serving in instructional and general flying roles, he took command of No. 3 Squadron in December 1939, leading it into action in the Middle East less than a year later. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, he returned to Australia in 1942 to command air bases in Canberra and Melbourne. Promoted air vice marshal in 1957, he later served as Air Officer Commanding Training Command. He was Deputy Chief of the Air Staff from 1959 to 1961, and then Head of the Australian Joint Services Staff in Washington, DC, until 1963. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1966, he retired in 1968, and was a consultant to Northrop after leaving the RAAF. He lived in Darling Point, Sydney, until his death in 1991, and died at the age of 87. He is buried in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, Victoria, on 23 July 1911, and is buried at the Melbourne War Memorial, next to his wife, the former Helen McLachlan.
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