Clarence Dunlap

Clarence Rupert Dunlap
Air Marshal Clarence Dunlap
Born	1 January 1908 Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Died	20 October 2003
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service	1928/29 to 1968
Rank	Air Marshal

Air Marshal Clarence Rupert Dunlap CBE, CD, (1 January 1908 – 20 October 2003) was a Canadian airman who, from 1962 to 1964, served as the last Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force.^[1] From 1964 to 1967 he was the deputy commander-in-chief of NORAD. In his later years, Dunlap was the last surviving Royal Canadian Air Force air marshal.

Early career

Dunlap joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1928 or 1929, earning his pilot's wings at Camp Borden in Ontario. In his early flying career Dunlap was assigned to aerial photography duties when he mapped of large parts of Canada. Later, in the mid-1930s, he worked in air armament.

World War II

On the outbreak of World War II, Dunlap was the Director of Armament at Air Force Headquarters. In 1942 he was promoted to group captain and took up command of the air armament school at RCAF Station Mountain View in Ontario.^[2]

Dunlap was posted to Great Britain in late 1942, becoming Station Commander of RAF Leeming in Yorkshire in January 1943.^[3] At that time Leeming was part of No. 6 Group in Bomber Command. Dunlap's time at Leeming only lasted until to April 1943 and he was then given command of No. 331 (Bomber) Wing which comprised Nos. 420, 424, and 425 Squadrons operating the Wellington bomber in Tunisia and were used to support the invasion of Sicily and then Italy.^[4] Later he was promoted to air commodore and in January 1945 he was appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 64 Base headquartered at RAF Middleton St. George.^[5]

Post War

After the War, Dunlap was Commandant of the National Defence College (1951-4) and Vice-Chief of the Air Staff from 1954 to 1958. Returning to Europe in 1958, Dunlap was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). He served as Chief of the Air Staff, a post he held from 1962 to 1964 before it was abolished as part of the reorganization of the Canadian Forces.

His final service appointment was as the Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (or NORAD). Dunlap was at NORAD from 1964 to 1967. He retired from RCAF in 1968 after relinquishing his appointment at NORAD.

In retirement Dunlap worked on a voluntary basis to support the development of the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa. In 1979 Dunlap moved to Victoria in British Columbia where he retired from voluntary work. At his death in 2003, Dunlap was the last of the RCAF air marshals.

References

1. ^ http://www.yyello.nl/newsletter/2003/november-december_dunlap.html
2. ^ http://www.yyello.nl/newsletter/2003/november-december_dunlap.html
3. ^ http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Station%20OCs-Yorks.htm
4. ^ http://www.rusiviccda.org/news200304/art05.html
5. ^ http://www.rafweb.org/Bases.htm

External links

• The Canadian Encyclopedia - Dunlap, Clarence Rupert
• Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island - Air Marshal Clarence R (Larry) Dunlap
• Air Marshal Clarence Rupert “Larry” Dunlap, CBE, CD, DCL, DEng, BSc

Military offices
Preceded by S Graham	Station Commander RAF Leeming 1943	Succeeded by H M Carscallan
Preceded by R E McBurney	Air Officer Commanding No. 64 Base 1945	Succeeded by H B Godwin
Preceded by F R Miller	Vice-Chief of the Air Staff 1954 – 1958	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by H L Campbell	Chief of the Air Staff (RCAF) 1962 – 1964	Vacant Post abolished on integration of Canadian Forces Title next held by David Kinsman in 1997
Preceded by C R Slemon	Deputy Commander of NORAD 1964 – 1967	Succeeded by W R MacBrien

Persondata
Name	Dunlap, Clarence
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Date of birth	1 January 1908
Place of birth	Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Date of death	20 October 2003
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