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At the beginning of the Second World War, McNamara was promoted to air commodore and, in 1942, air vice marshal.
| 1941. Empire Airmen arrive in England. Air Commodore Mcnamara V.C. of the RAAF meets the Australian boys on arrival. |
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Between 1942 and 1945 he served as Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Aden before returning to London as the RAAF's representative at Britain's Ministry of Defence. In July 1946 he became Director of Education at the headquarters of the British Occupation Administration in Germany.
| With his wife and son after receiving the order of the CB at an investiture at Buckingham Palace is Air Vice Marshal F. H. McNamara VC, RAF. |
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McNamara retired in England and died in London on 2 November 1961.
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