RFC from 4 Feb 1916, RAF from 1 Apr 1918 to 1926

prev. a fabric worker

 "MAN IN CHARGE

Commander James McGuinness, a Motherwell man, showed me to-day round the station he commanded here at Prestwick. Commander McGuinness has, since he arrived early in the war, put several hundred pilots through his hands, averaging 50 at a time - the normal station strength." Daily Record, November 1945

d. 1 Jul 1974 - Blantyre