William Ross MacBrien

William Ross MacBrien
Air Vice-Marshal MacBrien
Born	1913
Died	1986
Allegiance	Canada
Service / branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service	1935 to 1969
Rank	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 Air Officer Commanding Air Defence Command.[3] Deputy commander in chief at the SHAPE HQ in Belgium in 1967. From August 1967 to January 1969 MacBrien was the Deputy Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).[4]

MacBrien died in 1986.

References

1. "Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario".
2. "squadron | air station | air force | 1953 | 0530 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
3. "flying wing | sea vixen | 1958 | 1- - 0285 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
4. Veale, Thomas F. (2008). Guarding What You Value Most: North American Aerospace Defense Command, Celebrating 50 Years. Government Printing Office. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-16-080436-6.

Military offices
Preceded by C R Dunlap	Deputy Commander of NORAD 1967 – 1969	Succeeded by F R Sharp