Air Marshal Ian Macfadyen CB OBE FRAeS RAF (Retired)

Air Marshal Macfadyen is the Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle and the Honorary Inspector General of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

Ian Macfadyen was educated at Marlborough College and entered RAF College Cranwell in 1960, graduating with the Sword of Honour. His productive RAF career began as a Lightning pilot in the United Kingdom and Germany. From 1970, he served as a flying instructor at RAF College Cranwell on Jet Provosts and was a member of ‘The Poachers’ formation aerobatics team. He moved onto Phantoms, serving initially with No 43 Squadron when it reformed in 1974 and then with No 111 Squadron where he became the RAF’s solo aerobatic pilot. As a squadron commander he commanded No 29 Squadron and No 23 Squadron and later became Officer Commanding RAF Leuchars in Fyfe. He served as the In-theatre Commander of British Forces Gulf from 1991. He was promoted to Air Marshal in 1994, and retired from the RAF in February 1999.

Air Marshal Macfadyen was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in 2000, serving in that post until 2005. As Lieutenant Governor, he took an interest in the development of young people on the Island. He was Chairman of The Prince’s Trust and The Golden Jubilee Trust, which aimed to promote better citizenship within the Isle of Man.

Ian Macfadyen is a past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the RAF Museum and was the National President of the Royal British Legion from 2006 to 2009. He assumed his duties with the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and at Windsor Castle in 2009. Air Marshal Macfadyen was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1984 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in recognition of his meritorious service.

Ian Macfadyen contracted and recovered from the Miller Fisher variant of GBS in 2008.