Squadron Leader Loudoun James MacLean MC* (born 1 February 1893) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
[4][5] He was promoted to lieutenant on 9 June 1915,[6] and served on the Western Front in France, winning the Military Cross, which was gazetted on 2 October.
[11] He gained his first aerial victory on 29 November, when he and Lieutenants Russell Winnicott, D. V. D. MacGregor, and Essell, shared in the driving down out of control of an Albatros D.V over Douai.
[26] He then served on the Central Trade Test Board at the Reception Depot at RAF West Drayton until 16 March 1935.
[28] However he returned to service during the Second World War, being commissioned as a temporary lieutenant-commander (A) in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm on 31 August 1939.