Andrew McKee (RAF officer)


Sir Andrew McKee, was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command from 1955 to 1959.

RAF career

McKee joined the Royal Air Force in 1927. He served in pilot roles in India and the United Kingdom before joining the Air Staff at Headquarters No. 3 Group in 1938. He served in the Second World War as Officer Commanding No. 9 Squadron and then as Station Commander at RAF Marham before becoming Air Officer Commanding No. 205 Group in April 1945.
After the war McKee was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Middle East Air Force and was then made Commandant of the Officer Advanced Training School in 1947. He went on to be Commandant of the RAF Flying College in 1949, Air Officer Commanding No. 21 Group in 1951 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command in 1953. His final post was as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command in 1955 during which period he saw the introduction of the Comet 2 before he retired in 1959.

Later life

In retirement McKee was Deputy Chairman of the National Airways Corporation and a Director of Air New Zealand.