Air Marshal Sir Patrick Hunter Dunn, (31 December 1912 – 17 June 2004) was a Scottish

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officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command from 1964 to 1966.

RAF career

Educated at

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and the

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, Dunn joined the Royal Air Force 1933.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Patrick Dunn
/ref> He served in the

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as Officer Commanding No. 80 Squadron, Officer Commanding No. 274 Squadron and then a Station Commander at RAF Amriya. He had a total of nine combat victories.Obituary: Air Marshal Sir Patrick Dunn
The Times, 30 June 2004 He continued his war service on the staff at Headquarters No. 203 Group before becoming Aide de Camp to Marshal of the Royal Air Force

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in 1942. He transferred to Headquarters

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and became Group Captain, Operations at Headquarters No. 12 Group in 1944 and Sector Commander at

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in 1945. After the war he was appointed Deputy Director of Personal Services at the

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and then became Senior Air Staff Officer at AHQ Malaya, in which role he used air power to combat the communist forces in the jungles on the ground during the Malayan Emergency. He went on to be an instructor at the

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Defence College in 1951 before becoming Group Captain, Plans and then Air Commodore, Operations at Headquarters RAF Fighter Command in 1953. He was made Commandant of the RAF Flying College at Manby in 1956, Deputy Air Secretary in 1958 and Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1961. His final posting was as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command in 1964 before retiring in 1967. In retirement he became Chairman of the airline

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Family

In 1939 he became married to Diana Ledward-Smith; they had two daughters.Obituary: Air Marshal Sir Patrick Dunn
Daily Telegraph, 19 June 2004

References

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