Patrick Dunn

Air Marshal Sir Patrick Hunter Dunn, (31 December 1912 – 17 June 2004) was a Scottish Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command from 1964 to 1966.

RAF career Educated at Loretto School and the University of Glasgow, Dunn joined the Royal Air Force in March 1933. In May 1933, he was at No. 5 Flying Training School at RAF Sealand and was involved in a serious training accident while flying in an Avro 504. A collision with another Avro 504 resulted in the deaths of the other aircraft's pilot and the second person flying with Dunn. Dunn was uninjured and was able to land his aircraft despite significant damage.

After completing basic flying training, Dunn completed a flying boat pilot's course, then in 1934 joined 201 Squadron, flying Saro London flying boats. In the summer of 1936, he flew an aircraft in the search for survivors from the 1936 Jersey Air Disaster. Dunn was promoted from flying officer to flight lieutenant in 1937 In 1938, he joined the Long Range Development Unit, which experimentally flew Vickers Wellesleys over extremely long distances.

Dunn was promoted to squadron leader in June 1939. and in August 1939 he was posted to the RAF's Middle East headquarters. Dunn briefly flew with No. 204 Squadron, then returned to the United Kingdom and became Aide de Camp to Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Trenchard in 1942. and went on to be an instructor at the NATO Defence College in 1951 before becoming Group Captain, Plans and then Air Commodore, Operations at Headquarters RAF Fighter Command in 1953.