from London to Sweden in a day; a prizewinner at the first International Light Aeroplane meeting; and was the first British pilot to fly across the Andes. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Cornwall in September 1951, and was appointed an Officer of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 New Year Honours. In 1963 Macmillan was interviewed for the BBC documentary series The Great War, made to mark the 50th anniversary of the war. In it he spoke about his experiences flying ground attack missions during the battle of Passchendaele, of air combat, and of the differences in the experience of fighting as an infantryman in the trenches and as a pilot. The full unedited interview was made available online in 2014. Norman Macmillan was married to actress Gladys Mary Peterkin Mitchell ("Pat"; stage name "Ena Beaumont"), Geoffrey Malins' former wife. Publications 1928: The Art of Flying 1929: Into the Blue 1929: The Air Travellers' Guide to Europe 1931: An Hour of Aviation 1935: The Romance of Flight 1935: Sir Sefton Brancker 1936: The Romance of Modern Exploration and Discovery 1937: Freelance Pilot 1938: The Chosen Instrument 1939: How We Fly (Edited) 1941: Best Flying Stories (Edited) 1942: The Air Cadet's Handbook on How to Pilot an Aeroplane 1942: The Pilot's Book on Advanced Flying 1942: Royal Air Force in the World War, Volume 1 1919–1940 ; Aftermath of War, Prelude to the Blitzkrieg, the Campaign in Norway 1944: Royal Air Force in the World War, Volume 2 1940–1941 ; The Battles of Holland, Belgium and France, the Battle of Britain 1949: Royal Air Force in the World War, Volume 3 1940–1945 ; The Battles of North Africa, Mediterranean, Sicily, Italy, Middle East and Eastern Africa 1950: Royal Air Force in the World War, Volume 4 1940–1945 ; The Bomber Offensive, the Battle of the Atlantic, Battles in Europe 1944, Battles in the Far East 1950: Where Shall We Go? (Edited) 1955: Great Airman 1960: Great Aircraft 1963: Tales of Two Air Wars 1964: Great Flights and Air Adventures, From Balloons to Spacecraft 1967: Wings of Fate – Strange True Tales of the Vintage Flying Days 1973: Offensive Patrol: The Story of the RNAS, RFC and RAF in Italy, 1917–18 Macmillan also gave a talk on BBC Radio on 17 October 1923, a transcript of which was published in the 23 November