Neville McNamara

Babban Hafsan Sojojin Sama Sir Neville Patrick McNamara, KBE , AO , Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka (AFC) , AE (17) Afrilu 1923 – 7 ga Mayu 2014) babban kwamandan rundunar sojin sama ta Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Hafsan Sojan Sama (CAS), babban mukami na RAAF, daga 1979 zuwa 1982, kuma a matsayin Babban Hafsan Sojan Tsaro (CDFS), babban aikin soja na Australiya a lokacin, daga 1982 zuwa 1984. Shi ne jami'in RAAF na biyu da ya riƙe muƙamin babban hafsan sojin sama.  

An haifi McNamara a Queensland, kuma ya shiga RAAF a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya Na biyu kuma ya ga yaƙi a Kudu maso Yammacin Tekun Pacific, yana tashi da jiragen sama kirar P-40 Kittyhawks. Ya kuma yi ayyukan yaƙi a Gloster Meteors a lokacin Yaƙin Koriya . A shekarar 1961, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Air Force Cross saboda jagorancinsa na No.<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwKg">&nbsp;</span>2 Sashen Canza Ayyuka. Ya sami ƙarin gogewa a fannin aiki yana jagorantar kasancewar RAAF a Ubon, Thailand, a ƙarshen shekarun 1960. An ƙara masa girma zuwa jirgin sama, McNamara ya zama Kwamandan Rundunar RAAF ta Vietnam, kuma Mataimakin Kwamandan Rundunar Sojojin Australia ta Vietnam, a 1971–72, wanda aka naɗa shi Kwamandan Rundunar Daular Burtaniya. A matsayinsa na Mataimakin Babban Hafsan Hafsoshin Sojan Sama a 1976, an naɗa shi Jami'in Rundunar Ostiraliya. Ya kasance jarumi a lokacin da yake riƙe da mukamin CAS a 1980, ya yi ritaya bayan kammala wa'adinsa na CDFS a 1984.

 Rayuwar Farko da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu 
An haifi Neville Patrick McNamara a ranar 17 ga watan Fabrairu A watan Afrilun 1923 a Toogoolawah, Queensland. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Jihar Toogoolawah, da kuma 'Yan'uwan Kirista a Warwick da kuma Kwalejin St. Joseph's Nudgee. Ya shiga Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Royal Australian (RAAF) a ranar 12 ga watan Afrilu. Oktoba 1941. Bayan kammala horon ma'aikatan jirgin sama, ya kammala karatunsa a matsayin matukin jirgi mai mukamin sajan a ranar 15 ga watan Oktoba. Oktoba 1942. Ya yi aiki a matsayin malami kafin a tura shi Kudu maso Yammacin Pacific a matsayin matukin jirgin yaƙi mai lamba No. Rundunar Soja ta 75, tana tashi da jiragen sama kirar P-40 Kittyhawks . [1] [2] An nada shi a matsayin jami'in matukin jirgi a rundunar sojin sama ta Citizen a ranar 1 ga Mayu 1944, [3] kuma an ɗaukaka shi zuwa jami'in jirgin sama a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba.[4]

 Aikin bayan yaƙi 

 Hawan zuwa babban kwamandan 
Bayan yaƙin, McNamara ya kasance a Japan tare da No.<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwWQ">&nbsp;</span>Rundunar Soja ta 82, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojan Burtaniya ta Commonwealth (BCOF). An ɗaukaka shi zuwa Laftanar Jirgin Sama na wucin gadi a ranar 1 ga Mayu 1946,  kuma ya sami kwamiti na ɗan gajeren aiki a Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Dindindin a ranar 23 ga Satumba 1948, tare da matsayin Laftanar Jirgin Sama. A shekarar 1949 aka tura shi hedikwatar Yankin Arewa maso Gabas don aikin kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama. Ya auri Dorothy Miller a ranar 27 A watan Mayun 1950; ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu.  A ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1950, an ba McNamara kwamiti na dindindin a RAAF. Daga 1951 zuwa 1953, ya yi aiki a matsayin malami a Makarantar Jiragen Sama ta Tsakiya da ke East Sale, Victoria,  inda ya sami matsayi na shugaban rundunar sojoji a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1952.  Daga nan ya ga aikin gudanarwa a Yaƙin Koriya a matsayin Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na No.<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwiA">&nbsp;</span>Rundunar Soja ta 77, mai tashi da jiragen sama na Gloster Meteors.  Da farko an yi amfani da su a rikicin a matsayin rundunar mayaka, a wannan lokacin Lamba 1. Matsayin rundunar sojoji ta 77 galibi shine kai hari ta ƙasa, ta amfani da bindigar Meteors da aka ƙara da sabbin makaman roka.  McNamara ya ɗauki nauyin rundunar na ɗan lokaci a watan Nuwamba zuwa Disamba 1953 lokacin da aka sami tsaiko tsakanin manyan jami'an da ke juyawa da juyawa. 
alt=Two seated men in conversation, one clean-shaven and wearing light-coloured military uniform with peaked cap, the other bearded and wearing dark overalls and cap|left|thumb|Shugaban rundunar McNamara (hagu) a matsayin Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na No. Rundunar Soja ta 77, tana magana da Laftanar John "Butch" Hannan bayan an sako shi daga sansanin sojojin Koriya ta Arewa, Panmunjom, Satumba 1953

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2014
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1923