WWII RCAF Pilot Personal Information Name Bruce Leroy Parkinson Pollock Born July 9 th 1912 Place of Birth Thamesville Ontario Citizenship Canadian Relationship Status Single Religion United Church ID: 615065
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Bruce Pollock
WWII R.C.A.F. Pilot Slide2
Personal Information
Name: Bruce Leroy Parkinson Pollock
Born: July 9
th
, 1912
Place of Birth: Thamesville, Ontario
Citizenship: Canadian
Relationship Status: Single
Religion: United ChurchSlide3
Physical Aspects
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Weight 144
lbs
Height: 5 feet 7 ½ inchesHealth: healthy, physically fit, active, no injuriesVision 20-15 (no glasses)
Appearance:
Traits:
Fashion/Dressed:FlashyTastefulConservativePoorly dressed but neat & cleanSmart
Physical:HealthyRuggedSlenderRefinedOrdinary
Intelligence:QuickDeliberateRamblingOrganizedAccurate
Personality:
Domteering
Confident
Submissive
Mature
PleasantSlide4
Houses
Address when Enlisted: 221 Carling Avenue, Ottawa,
Ontario
Glebe Collegiate Institute
Bruce Pollock’s
HouseSlide5
Houses
Permanent Address: 43 St. Catherine street, St. Thomas, OntarioSlide6
Family
Father: James Alexander Pollock
Worked as an auditor for C.N.R.
Was born in
Jarvin
, Ontario
Was a Canadian citizenMother: Martha Lavina
ParkinsonWas a Canadian Citizen
Was born in Jarvin, Ontario Slide7
Education
Primary Education: St. Thomas Private-School
High School: St Thomas Collegiate Institute
Universities:
University of Toronto – Teachers course
High School Assistance’s Certificate
Guelph University – Ontario Agriculture
CollegeB.S.A Degree (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture)
Long Island University – Coaching school Physical Culture Certificate Qualified Swimming, Football, and Basketball Coach Slide8
Jobs & Occupations
Jobs:
P.T. instructor, science teacher, & basketball and football coach for the Collegiate Board of Ottawa.
Worked at Glebe Collegiate Institute.
Occupations:
Intense Rugby Player
Also played basketball, baseball, and golf.Slide9
Why did Bruce Pollock sign up for War?
Bruce Pollock stated under hobbies that he was very fit and had already passed his examinations for lieutenant infantry which indirectly assumes that Bruce may have already bean interested in the army before the war started. He also had a very good education and had been teaching for a number of years already, meaning joining the R.A.C.A.F may have been seen to him as a break or adventure from his everyday life. At that time most English Canadians also joined the army for patriotism to represent their country, it also paid reasonably well and seeing as Bruce was in great physical condition and had good vision being “highly recommended” by the R.C.A.F. to become a pilot probably seemed like a good offer to Bruce at the time. Slide10
What is the R.C.A.F?
The R.C.A.F. has been an Independent service since 1968 and developed originally from the Canadian Air Force which was started in 1920 it was then given the “Royal Sanction” in 1924.
The R.C.A.F. is responsible for all aircraft operations with the Canadian Forces. It protects all of Canada’s air space as well as providing support to the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army.
The R.C.A.F. is also partnered with the U.S. to form the North
American Aerospace Defense Command
(N.O.R.A.D.) to protect North American
air space
R.C.A.F. BadgeSlide11
Training (B.C.A.T.P.)
In 1939 during WWII Canadians were air trained by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (B.C.A.T.P.). Not only did this train Canadians but also other countries part of the alliance
. Their were 74 schools in total and were all running and in action by September 1941. Within that year they opened 28 new schools
. By the end of the war they were using approximately 230 different training schools.
The total cost of B.C.A.T.P. was $2,231,129,039.26, Canada held all the schools and facilities along with paying $
1,617,958,108.79.
Their Goals Were:
To train both ground and air crews to defeat the Axis powers.
To use Canadian facilities to bring out their plan (because Canada has lots of open land and is a safe distance from war).To be a training and meeting place for all those escaping Europe.
B.C.A.T.P. training (1942)
#
3 Secondary Flight Training School in Calgary.
B.C.A.T.P. Training Badge
Service Flying Training
School (Advanced Pilots)
R.C.A.F. AdvertisementSlide12
Pilots During WWII
Pilots during WWII were thought in most cases to be easier than being in the army or the navy because u could always be home however pilots in WWII did not have it easy at all.
WWII pilots had lots of responsibilities both pre and during flight. Before the flight they must study the rout as well as check the weather forecast, communicate with your navigator and sync your watch so it reads the same time as the navigators. During the flight they must keep a constant course and airspeed so the navigator will have the best approximation of where they are.
***The most important responsibility of the pilot was to communicate everything with the
navigator
*** Slide13
Bruce’s Travel
Bruce made many training school flights before finally being posted in England:
Training
Ottawa June 21
st – August 4
th (1941)Toronto August 5
th – August 20th
(1941)Trenton August 21st - September 25th (1941) Belleville September 26th – November 27th (1941)
St. Eugene November 23rd – January 31st (1941-42) Uplands June 5th - June 26th (1941)
Charlottetown June 27th - September 19th (1941)Halifax September 20th - November 2
nd
(1941
)
***DISEMBARKED TO THE U.K.***
Operations
Trains with A.F.U. #12 November 3
rd
(1942)
Trains with OTW #132 February 9
th
(1943)
Trains with OTW #2 March 23
rd
(1943)
Posted with OTW #2 March 29
th
(1943)
Posted with FTW #304 July 4
th
(1943)
Trains in Hilton, U.K. July 15
th
(1943)
Departs from
Portreath
, U.K. t
o India July 28
th
(1943)
Killed during air operation in
Bahrein
, Egypt June 17
th
(1943)
In the U.K. Bruce trained and was posted with different units:Slide14
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Bruce Pollock died on June 17
th
1943 during an air operation in
Bahrein
, Egypt after disembarking on their mission from their base in India.
Bruce is remembered at the Basra War Cemetery in Iraque along with four other Canadians.
Basra War CemeterySlide17
In Memory Of
BRUCE LEROY PARKINSON POLLOCK
(1912 – 1943)
J12059, 304 (F.T.U.)
Sqdn
, Royal Canadian Air Force
Son of JAMES and MARTHA POLOCK
R.I.P.
Remembered and Honored by TheBasra War Cemetery