page_title: Buck McNair
section_title: Post-war
hierarchical_section_title: Buck McNair / Post-war
caption_attribution_description: English: The grave of Buck McNair in Brookwood Cemetery
context_page_description: Group Captain Robert Wendell "Buck" McNair, DSO, DFC & Two Bars was a Royal Canadian Air Force flying ace of the Second World War, with 16 or 16.5 victories and five probables.
context_section_description: McNair remained in the RCAF after the war. Upon graduating from the Empire Flying Training School, he was posted to RAF Fakenham, Norfolk, to fly Gloster Meteor and de Havilland Vampire jet fighters. He later served as Air Advisor and Attaché of the Military Mission at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
  For his contributions in the Korean War "as Royal Canadian Air Force Liaison Officer to the Far East Air Forces from 27 June 1951 to 27 July 1953," the United States government offered to award McNair a Bronze Star Medal, but it was against RCAF policy.
  McNair was aboard a Canadair North Star which crashed at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 30 December 1953. He made sure that all passengers and crew were safely evacuated before leaving himself, despite being soaked in gasoline. For this, he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. He suffered spinal injuries and was treated for a year.
  McNair was promoted to group captain in 1956 and posted to No. 4 Fighter Wing in CFB Baden-Soellingen. In 1964, he was made Deputy-Commander of NORAD's Duluth sector. He later joined the Canadian Joint Staff office at the High Commission in London.
  McNair died of leukaemia and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England.
caption: McNair's grave in the Canadian Section of Brookwood Military Cemetery
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