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This rank was used by the 20th century

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and replaced with the rank of

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in 1968 with the unification of the

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, a rank which has been retained in the 21st century Royal Canadian Air Force. See :Canadian Forces Air Command generals

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for such officers. Breadner was one of only two Canadian Air Chief Marshals, the other being Frank Robert Miller. Lloyd Samuel Breadner, CB,

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(July 14, 1894 – March 14, 1952) was a

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military pilot and Chief of the Air Staff during

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Early career

Breadner obtained his pilot's certificate at Wright Flying School and was commissioned in the British

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on December 28, 1915. During

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he served on the Western Front as a fighter pilot in the No. 3 (Naval) Squadron. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant (RNAS) on 31 December 1916. He was awarded the

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on May 23, 1917. The citation read: Squadron Commander Lloyd Breadner and 3 (Naval) Squadron were posted to RAF Walmer during the Winter of 1917/1918 . He was released from the

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The RNAS had been joined with the Royal Flying Corps in 1918 with the rank of

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The RAF used Army-style ranks until mid-1919. in March 1919.

Command

He was commissioned promoted to

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in 1920 and transferred to the

(RCAF) on its formation in 1924. He became Controller of Civil Aviation in 1922, and later commanded

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from January 15, 1924, to September 23, 1925. He was promoted to

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on April 1, 1924. After attending

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, he was the Director of the RCAF from February 15, 1928, to April 29, 1932. From 1932 until 1935 he commanded Trenton and then attended the

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. He was promoted to

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on February 1, 1936, and to Air Commodore on August 4, 1938. Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma A18826

He became Chief of Air Staff on May 29, 1940, and having been promoted to Air Marshal on November 19, 1941, became

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RCAF Overseas in January 1944. Breadner was promoted on his retirement on November 25, 1945, to

, the first Canadian to hold this rank. On November 30, 1944, while he was Chief of Air Staff, his son, Flying Officer Donald Lloyd Breadner, was killed after an air gunnery exercise, while flying a de Havilland Mosquito from

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, in Nova Scotia. He was the only son of Breadner and his wife, Mary Evelyn. They also had three daughters."Donald Lloyd Breadner," Canadian Virtual War Memorial, http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2687294?DONALD%20LLOYD%20BREADNER

Awards

*May 23, 1917:

*January 1, 1943: Companion,

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*October 25, 1943: Military Cross, First Class (Belgium) *August 25, 1944: Grand Officers Cross of

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(Poland) *October 5, 1946:

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, Class II (Czechoslovakia) *December 20, 1946:

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(Degree of Commander) *September 12, 1947: Commander of the

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(France) *June 12, 1948:

King Haakon VII's Cross of Liberty King Haakon VII's Freedom Cross ( no, Haakon VIIs Frihetskors) was established in Norway on 18 May 1945. The medal is awarded to Norwegian or foreign military or civilian personnel for outstanding achievement in wartime. It is ranked fifth in the ...

(Norway)

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