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| 1 | Davidson | Robert Tremayne Pillsbury | P/O F/O F/L S/L W/C S/L ------ S/L W/C G/C | ![]() | DFC![]() Croix de Guerre (France) ![]() Air Medal USA) ![]() | Evaded | Canadian in RAF | RAF C ------ RCAF | 39968 89519 -------- 20465 | PLT | 5ERFTS (RAF) 3FTS (RAF) 6Armament Training Camp (RAF) 3FTS (RAF) 1ERFTS (RAF) 2AACU (RAF) 1ERFTS (RAF) 3AACU (RAF) 202Sqn (RAF) 3AACU (RAF) 3AACU (RAF) 4FTS (RAF) 267Sqn (RAF) 70OTU (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 2Photo Recce Unit (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 261Sqn (RAF) Ferry Command (RAF) 59OTU (RAF) 182Sqn (RAF) 175Sqn (RAF) 16Wing (RAF) 143Wing (RCAF) 143Wing (RCAF) French Resistance 83GSU (RAF) RCAF AFHQ (RCAF) ---------------------- IFS (RCAF) AFHQ (RCAF) Western Air Command RCAF Staff College Central Air Command 12Group HQ 410Sqn (RCAF) 421Sqn (RCAF) 1Wing (RCAF) Canadian Joint Staff 335FIS (USAF) 1Wing (RCAF) 3Wing (RCAF) 1Air Div HQ (RCAF) Station Trenton (RCAF) Station Portage la Prairie (RCAF) 26Sector (NORAD) CJATC Rivers (RCAF) RCAF | Avro & Tutor Oxford Hart Oxford Queen Bee Swordfish Queen Bee Swordfish Swordfish Bombay Swordfish Anson Vincent Blenheim Blenheim Blenheim Blenheim & Hurricane Hurricane Beaufighter & Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane Boston Hurricane & Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon MM957 X Typhoon & Spitfire X X --------------------- Expeditor X X X X X Vampire Vampire Sabre X Sabre Sabre Sabre Sabre Dakota & North Star Silver Star X X X | 24 May 1937 - RAF Hanworth, London 24 Aug 1937 - RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire 14 Feb 1938 - RAF Woodsford, Dorset 19 March 1938 - Advanced flying - RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire 26 March 1938 - Test Pilot - RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire 1 June 1938 - RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire 24 June 1938 - Test Pilot - RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire 23 July 1938 - RAF Kalafrana, Malta 23 Sep 1938 - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt 7 Oct 1938 - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt 5 Nov 1938 RAF Kalafrana, Malta 16 March 1939 - Staff pilot - RAF Abu Suweir, Egypt 1 Sep 1939 - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt 7 Oct 1940 - RAF Ismailia, Egypt 23 Oct 1940 - RAF Ikingi Maryut, Egypt 2 Nov 1940 - RAF Elefsina, Greece 5 Apr 1941 - RAF Maleme, Crete 20 May 1941 - Night fighter - RAF El Amiriya, Egypt 24 Oct 1941 - RAF Heliopolis, Egypt 24 Nov 1941 - LG102 Sidi Haneish, Egypt 26 Feb 1942 - To Ceylon on board HMS Indomitable 6 March 1942 - RAF Ratmalana, Ceylon 24 may 1942 - RAF China Bay, Ceylon 26 Dec 1942 - Dorval, Canada 4 April 1943 - RAF Milfield, Northumberland, UK 16 May 1943 - Commanding Officer - RAF Lasham, Hampshire 11 July 1943 - Commanding Officer - RAF Lydd, Kent 11 Sep 1943 - Commanding Officer - RAF Lydd, Kent 20 Jan 1944 - Commanding Officer - RAF Heathfield, Scotland 8 May 1944 - Force landed in France Served with French resistance group Voix du Nord 6 Sep 1944 - RAF Bognor, Sussex 12 Dec 1944 - Transferred to the RCAF reverting to S/L 24 May 1945 - Ottawa, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Sep 1945 - Trenton, Ontario 1 Dec 1945 - Ottawa, Ontario 21 May 1946 - Vancouver, British Columbia 26 March 1947 - Toronto, Ontario 21 Sep 1947 - Trenton, Ontario 23 Dec 1947 - Vancouver, British Columbia 26 March 1949 - St. Hubert, Quebec 15 Sep 1949 - Commanding Officer - Chatham, New Brunswick 26 Nov 1951 - RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, UK 10 Sep 1952 - Washington, D.C., USA 15 Sep 1952 - Kimpo AFB, South Korea 17 Dec 1952 - RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, UK 1 Feb 1953 - Zweibrucken, Germany 16 Sep 1953 - Metz, France 7 Nov 1956 - Trenton, Ontario 19 March 1957 - Portage la Prairie, Manitoba 16 July 1960 - Syracuse, New York, USA 13 July 1964 - Deputy Commander - Rivers, Manitoba 1 April 1968 - Retired from the RCAF | ![]() (Photo: Squadron Leader Robert Davidson of Vancouver B.C. Commanding Officer of 421Sqn in the cockpit of one of the Squadrons Vampires. RCAF St. Hubert, Que. 26 Oct 1950) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.182 Squadron - awarded as per London Gazette dated 1 October 1943. - Croix de Guerre with Gold Star (France) - AFRO 485/47 dated 12 September 1947. - Air Medal (United States) - 335th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (USAF) - Awarded as per AFRO 742/53 dated 11 December 1953 and Canada Gazette dated 14 November 1953. Died in Kempville, Ontario, 13 December 1976. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) ![]() (Photo: Wing Commander Robert Davidson, was awarded the U.S. Air Medal at a ceremony at the RCAF's No. 4 Fighter Wing, Baden-Soellingen, Germany, W/C Davidson received the award from USAF General Robert M. Lee, Commanding General of the 4th Allied Tactical Air Force - 13 May 1954) | DFC Citation & Bio CdG and Air Medal Citations Aces of WW2 Accident report Losses and Incidents Database Korean War Database |
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