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A great Canadian man that has gone down in history, the only Canadian to ever be promoted as Chief Air Marshal. His name is Lloyd Samuel Breadner, he was born July 14th, 1894, in Carleton Place, Ontario. In 1915, when lloyd was still young he left the family business in Ottawa to enlist in the Royal Naval Air Service, Lloyd received his pilot's cerificate at the Wright Flying School, and was later commissioned into the Royal Naval Service. He spent his majority of time as a fighter pilot in France during WWI. When the war came to an end his talented skills with flight earned him a position as a license examiner with the Canadian Air Board.  He was released from the Royal Air Force with the rank of a major in March 1919 and was commissioned in to the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1922 he became the controller of Civil Aviation in 1922, and later became the leader at Camp Borden.

---rewriteeHe 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 AOC RCAF Overseas from January 1944 to May 1945. Breadner was promoted on his retirement to [|Air Chief Marshal][|[1]], the first Canadian to hold this rank.

-rwrite** ;. When the war ended, his flying skills won him a position as a license examiner with the Canadian Air Board. Breadner was Commanding Officer of the Camp Borden training base in 1924, the year the RCAF was officially created 1922. An man of action with a practical mind, he rapidly moved up the hierarchy, well served by a jolly disposition and a great sense of humour. He was Director of the RCAF under Lindsay Gordon from 1928 to 1932. In 1936, Breadner received training at the Imperial Defence College. In 1940, Minister of Defence for Air C.G. "Chubby" Power, himself a "bon vivant", was greatly taken with Breadner's genial manners. With Power's support, he succeeded G.M. Croil as Chief of Air Staff on May 29th, 1940. During WWII, Breadner turned the RCAF into one of the most powerful air forces in the world. On January 1st, 1944, he was posted in London as Air Officer Commander-in Chief, RCAF Overseas.

Upon his retirement in 1945, Lloyd Breadner was promoted to Chief Air Marshal, the only Canadian ever to hold this rank.