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Ian Dougald McLachlan
Air Vice Marshal Ian Dougald McLachlan, CB, CBE, DFC (23 July 1911 – 14 July 1991) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). 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. The following year he was posted to the South West Pacific, where he led successively Nos. 71 and 73 Wings. Having been promoted to group captain, he took charge of Southern Area Command in 1944, and No. 81 Wing in the Dutch East Indies the following year.
Raised to acting air commodore in 1946, McLachlan served as senior air staff officer for the British Commonwealth Air Group in Japan until 1948. After leading North-Eastern Area Command in 1951–53, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and posted to Britain, where he attended the Imperial Defence College. Promoted air vice marshal, he returned to Australia in 1957 as Air Officer Commanding Training Command; in this role he carried out two major reviews focussing on the RAAF's educational and command systems. 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, McLachlan's final post before retiring in 1968 was as Air Member for Supply and Equipment. He was a consultant to Northrop after leaving the RAAF, and lived in Darling Point, Sydney, until his death in 1991.
==Early career==
The son of Dugald and Bertha McLachlan, Ian McLachlan was born in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, Victoria, on 23 July 1911.〔Howie, ''Who's Who in Australia 1992'', p. 793〕〔Gillison, (''Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942'', p. 110 )〕 Following education at Melbourne High School, he entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1928.〔(Air Vice-Marshals (L–Z) ) at Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 16 December 2010.〕 He was one of four cadets sponsored that year by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), which did not at that stage have its own officer training college. Budgetary constraints imposed by the Great Depression necessitated the transfer of these cadets out of Duntroon midway through their four-year course.〔Coulthard-Clark, ''The Third Brother'', pp. 196–197〕〔Moore, ''Duntroon'', pp. 64–65〕 Although offered positions in the Australian Public Service or nominations for short-term commissions with the Royal Air Force, all were determined to serve with the RAAF, apparently 'delighted' at the prospect of entering their chosen service early.〔
Enlisting in the Air Force on 10 December 1930, McLachlan completed his flight training the following year.〔〔(McLachlan, Ian Dougald ) at (World War 2 Nominal Roll ). Retrieved 16 December 2010.〕 He was commissioned as a pilot in 1932, and undertook various flight-instruction and general duties roles over the next five years.〔 In 1937, he was a member of the RAAF contingent posted to Britain to celebrate the coronation of King George VI.〔〔(Air Vice Marshal Ian Dougald McLachlan ) at Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 16 December 2010.〕 Ranked flight lieutenant, he was given command of No. 3 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, operating Hawker Demon fighters out of RAAF Station Richmond, New South Wales, on 4 December 1939.〔〔Roylance, ''Air Base Richmond'', p.123〕 He was promoted to squadron leader on 1 February 1940, and led his unit to the Middle East on 15 July.〔〔
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