David Vaughan Carnegie
| David Vaughan Carnegie | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 February 1897 Leicester, East Midlands |
| Died | 3 August 1964 (aged 67) Sibson, Cambridgeshire |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
Royal Naval Air Service (1917–18) Royal Air Force (1918–54) |
| Years of service | 1917–54 |
| Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
| Commands held |
Chief of the New Zealand Air Staff (1951–54) No. 18 Group (1948–50) RAF Wittering (1938–39) RAF Calshot (1930–32) |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Air Force Cross Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Air Vice Marshal David Vaughan Carnegie, CB, CBE, AFC (7 February 1897 – 3 August 1964) was a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War and the post-war decade.
He was born in Leicester, the son of Aberdeen-born Congregational minister the Rev. Joseph Davidson Carnegie and his wife who was born Ella Gertrude Vaughan-Pryce. For many years afterwards his parents lived in Stamford, Lincolnshire. David Carnegie was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School in Leicester.
He was to marry Kathleen F Pugson in Florida in August 1942 and make their home in the new house he had built just before the war at Dundargue Castle near Fraserburgh. They had two daughters. After the war he described his hobbies as golf, fishing and restoring his castle home.
He began his flying career in the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 and until the armistice served as a pilot in North Sea patrols. The RNAS became the Royal Air Force at the beginning of April 1918.
Following his wartime service he was awarded a permanent commission in the rank of Flying Officer (Aeroplane and Seaplane) in October 1919.
After serving in the Mediterranean with 202 and 267 Flying Boat Squadrons he spent three years on flying boat test and experimental duties with MAEE.
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