Lloyd Samuel Breadner

Lloyd Samuel Breadner
Air Marshal Breadner in March 1945
Born	July 14, 1894(1894-07-14) Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 14, 1952(1952-03-14) (aged 57) Boston, Massachusetts
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Naval Air Service/Royal Air Force (1915-1918) Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service	1915 – 1945
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Cross

Air Chief Marshal Lloyd Samuel Breadner, CB, DSC (July 14, 1894, Carleton Place, Ontario - March 14, 1952, Boston, Massachusetts) was a Canadian military pilot and senior Royal Canadian Air Force commander during World War II.

Breadner obtained his pilot's certificate at Wright Flying School and was commissioned in the British Royal Naval Air Service on December 28, 1915. During World War I he served on the Western Front as a fighter pilot in the No. 3 (Naval) Squadron. He was released from the RAF with the rank of major in March 1919. He was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a Squadron Leader on its formation in 1924. He became Controller of Civil Aviation in 1922, and later commanded Camp Borden from January 15, 1924 to September 23, 1925. He was promoted to Wing Commander on April 1, 1924. After attending RAF Staff College, he was the Director of the RCAF from February 15, 1928 to April 29, 1932. From 1932 until 1935 he commanded Station Trenton and then attended the Imperial Defence College. He was at AFHQ until he was Chief of Air Staff from May 29, 1940 until December 31, 1943. He was with Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RCAF Overseas from January 1944 to May 1945. Breadner was promoted on his retirement to Air Chief Marshal, the first Canadian to hold this rank.

Promotions

• 31 December 1916: Flight Lieutenant (RNAS)
• 1920: Squadron Leader
• April 1, 1924: Wing Commander
• February 1, 1936: Group Captain
• August 4, 1938: Air Commodore
• May 29, 1940: Air Vice Marshal
• November 19, 1941: Air Marshal
• November 25, 1945: Air Chief Marshal

Awards

• May 23, 1917: The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Samuel Breadner, RNAS:

For conspicuous gallantry and skill in leading his patrol against hostile formations. He has himsef brought down three hostile machines and forced several others to land. On the 6th April, 1917, he drove down a hostile machine which was wrecked while attempting to land in a ploughed field. On the morning of the 11th April, 1917, he destroyed a hostile machine which fell in flames, brought down another in a spinning nose dive with one wing folded up, and forced a third to land.

— London Gazette

• January 1, 1943: Companion, Order of the Bath
• October 25, 1943: Military Cross, First Class (Belgium)
• August 25, 1944: Grand Officers Cross of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
• October 5, 1946: Order of the White Lion, Class II (Czechoslovakia)
• December 20, 1946: Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander)
• September 12, 1947: Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
• June 12, 1948: King Haakon VII's Cross of Liberty (Norway)

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External links

• Juno Beach Centre profile
• The Aerodrome

Military offices
Preceded by J S Scott	Director of the RCAF 1928 – 1932	Succeeded by A A L Cuffe
Preceded by G M Croil	Chief of the Air Staff (RCAF) 1940 – 1943	Succeeded by R Leckie
Preceded by H Edwards	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RCAF Overseas 1944 – 1945	Succeeded by Unknown