Arthur McDonald, Royal Air Force officer and radar pioneer, died on this day aged 93
Air Marshal Sir Arthur William Baynes McDonald, KCB, AFC, FRAeS, DL (14 June 1903 – 26 July 1996) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force from 1955 to 1957.
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McDonald was born on 14 June 1903 His father was a British Army doctor who had served in the Second Boer War. He grew up on the Caribbean islands of Saint Kitts and Antigua, then members of the British West Indies.
Educated at Antigua Grammar School, before joining Epsom College, a public school in Surrey, England, he studied engineering at Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree: As per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree.