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John Ignatius McDonough, also known as 'Jack' or 'Mac' was from a Liverpool Irish background. After leaving school he became an engineering apprentice at Lever Brothers in Liverpool. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1943 aged 18 and served as Flight Engineer in Squadron 625 in 1944. After leaving 625 he was commissioned and posted to Egypt, by 1946 he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant.
He had a long and successful career in the RAF as an administration officer and also served in the USA and Germany. He was promoted to Wing Commander when he was Officer Commanding Provost & Security Services (OC PSS) at RAF Lyneham. He also worked for the Ministry of Defence in uniform procurement and was asked to model prototype uniform designs wearing his service medals.