[1] After a tour as Adjutant of the London University Air Squadron,[2] he became Officer Commanding No.
105 Squadron in May 1939 and served in the Second World War in that role before joining the Planning Staff at Headquarters British Air Forces in France.
[1] His son, Sir Ian Macfadyen, also became an air marshal.
[4] He had little success as a lower-order batsman in either match, but took two wickets as an opening bowler in the 1931 game.
[4] In 1920, he had played a single match in the Minor Counties Championship for Northumberland.