Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh William Lumsden Saunders, GCB, KBE, MC, DFC & Bar, MM (24 August 1894 – 8 May 1987) was a South African aviator who rose through the ranks to become a senior Royal Air Force commander.

[4] He was appointed Air Deputy to Supreme Allied Commander Europe and retired in September 1953.

[4] Following a series of fatal accidents in the newly established Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF), Saunders was invited to serve as a special advisor to the Minister of Defence of Denmark in 1954, in order to reorganise and, it was envisioned, bring the number of accidents in RDAF down.

In addition, a number of specialist commands were established, training improved and gradually the accident rate fell.

He served in Denmark until 1956 and received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog for his service.