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Pollard, Thomas William If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
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Biography
After his military service he sold real estate 1977-79. Then he joined Burroughs' Business Machines as business manager for the engineering department. He served as a Public Affairs Officer (Air Force) in Winnipeg.

 

Military Service

(Short Service Appointment 08/12/1952). He was appointed as a Midshipman (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 05/12/1952). He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Junior Aviation Officers Basic Training Course 1953. He served in HMCS Quebec for Sea Training 1953. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Navigation Course 1953. He served in HMCS Micmac for Sea Training 1953-4. He served in USNAS Pensacola for Pre-Flight Training 1954. He served in USNAS Milton for Basic Flying Training. He served in USNAS Saufley Field for Formation and Night Flying. He served in USNAS Barin for Air-to-Air Gunnery Training course, USS Monterey for Carrier Qualification. He served in USNAS Correy Field for Instrument Training. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 01/11/1954). He served in USNAS Corpus Christie for Advanced Flying Training 1954. He served in USNAS Kingsville for Instrument Flying 1954. He was Awarded Wings 01/06/1954. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VU-32 Squadron 1955. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VT-40 Squadron 1955. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 02/10/1956). He served in NAF Summerside and HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Magnificent and HMCS Bonaventure for VS-880 Squadron 1956. He served in HMCS Bonaventure for VS-880 Squadron 1959. He served in HMCS Shearwater for Base Operations, (Selected for permanent commission). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VU-32 Squadron as Pilot 1962. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 27/05/1965. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VS-880 Squadron 1965. He served in CFB Trenton for OTU 1965. He served in CFB Lahr Germany as Commanding Officer Designate 109KU 1966. He served in NATO HQ Brussels as Executive Assistant to Senior Canadian Military representative 1970. He served in CFB Winnipeg for 429 Squadron 1971. He served in CFB Winnipeg as Base Operations Officer 1974. He served in CFB Winnipeg for Air command HQ 1974. (He was retired 01/11/1977.) He returned on Class-C Service to Air Command 1981-84. (He retired again 1984).

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
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2011-03-22 00:00:00

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