Background
Dawson was born at Langley, Buckinghamshire. Dawson"s father was killed in a road accident when he was six and so his mother placed him in the care of The Royal Orphanage of Wolverhampton.
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Dawson matriculated in 1939 and joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve shortly before war broke out. He was called up as an NCO navigator and had less than 22 hours night-flying experience when he took part in bombing raids over northern Europe in 1941. Dawson remained in the air force after the war and was eventually promoted to Group Captain.
He completed his air force career at North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters in Brussels, where he was chairman of the Tactical Air Group working on arms-reduction talks with the Warsaw Pact.
Dawson retired from the Royal Air Force in 1974 and took up an appointment with British Aerospace at Warton Aerodrome in Lancashire. Here he played a key role in implementing Project First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Yamamah, a huge military training and support contract with the Saudi government.
He temporarily retired in 1985 but was persuaded by the company to return for another two years. Dawson spent his retirement fundraising for the Theatre Royal and military museums in Winchester.
He also edited the Compton and Shawford parish magazine and campaigned with environmentalists against the M3 motorway extension through Twyford Down.
Group Captain Montagu Dawson, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, DFM, died on 7 January 2003. He was aged 83.
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