Ian Morrison | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Stevenson,_Wallingford_and_Morrison_(Morrison_cropped).jpg) Wing Commander Morrison in 1943 | |
| Born | 16 March 1914 Hanmer Springs, New Zealand |
| Died | 5 September 1997 (aged 83) |
| Allegiance | New Zealand |
| Service | Royal Air Force (1936–1939) Royal New Zealand Air Force (1939–1966) |
| Years of service | 1936–1966 |
| Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
| Commands | Chief of Air Staff (1962–66) No. 3 Squadron (1944–45) |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Air Vice-Marshal Ian Gordon Morrison, CB, CBE (16 March 1914 – 5 September 1997) was a New Zealand aviator and military leader who served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He later served as the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the RNZAF.
Born in Hanmer Springs, Morrison briefly served in the Royal Air Force before transferring to the RNZAF in 1939. During the early stages of the Second World War, he was a bomber pilot with No. 75 Squadron, which was formed mostly with New Zealand personnel and operated Vickers Wellingtons. He returned to New Zealand in 1940 for instructing duties and then was a staff officer with the RNZAF's No. 1 Islands Group, based in Vanuatu. He later commanded No. 3 Squadron during the Solomons campaign. After the war, he held a series of staff posts before becoming CAS in 1962. In this capacity he replaced much of the RNZAF's dated equipment and sought to improve its strike capacity. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1965, he retired the following year. He died in 1997, aged 83.