 After the war , McNamara was posted to air traffic control duties at Headquarters North @-@ Eastern Area . During 1947 , he was stationed at Bofu , Japan , with No. 82 Squadron , as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force ( BCOF ) . He married Dorothy Miller on 27 May 1950 ; the couple had two daughters . From 1951 to 1953 , he served as an instructor at Central Flying School in East Sale , Victoria . Ranked squadron leader , he then saw operational service in the Korean War as the Executive Officer of No. 77 Squadron , flying Gloster Meteors . Initially employed in the conflict as a fighter unit , by this time No. 77 Squadron 's role was primarily ground attack , using the Meteors ' cannon augmented by newly fitted rocket armament . McNamara briefly took charge of the unit in November – December when there was a hiatus between commanding officers rotating out and rotating in . 
