Norman Macmillan

Macmillan fought on the Western Front between 1914 and March 1916. He was commissioned into the 5th Highland Light Infantry before transferring to the RFC. After the war, he was an Instructor with the Spanish Navy and Army Air Forces, and in 1931 he was the first British pilot to cross The Andes. Pre World War 2 he was one of the strongest advocates of Britain's air re-armament campaign. In World War 2 he published several leading aviation books and was a war correspondent in Europe as well as being a Squadron Leader in the RAFVR. He was made Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall in 1951.