William Ross MacBrien
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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
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).[4]
MacBrien died in 1986.
References
- ^ "Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario".
- ^ "squadron | air station | air force | 1953 | 0530 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- ^ "flying wing | sea vixen | 1958 | 1- - 0285 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- ISBN 978-0-16-080436-6.
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