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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) ![]() US Air Medal ![]() | Evaded | Canadian in RAF | RAF C ------ RCAF | 39968 89519 -------- 20465 | PLT | RAF 3FTS (RAF) 6 Armament Training Camp (RAF) 3FTS (RAF) 1 Wing (RAF) 2 AACU (RAF) 1 Wing (RAF) 3 AACU (RAF) 202Sqn (RAF) 3 AACU (RAF) 3 AACU (RAF) 4 FTS (RAF) 267Sqn (RAF) 70OTU (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 2 Photo Recce Unit (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 30Sqn (RAF) 261Sqn (RAF) Ferry Command (RAF) 59OTU (RAF) 182Sqn (RAF) 175Sqn (RAF) 16 Wing (RAF) 143 Wing (RCAF) 143 Wing (RCAF) French Resistance 83GSU (RAF) RCAF AFHQ (RCAF) ---------------------- IFS (RCAF) AFHQ (RCAF) Western Air Command RCAF Staff College Central Air Command 12 Group HQ 410Sqn (RCAF) 421Sqn (RCAF) 1 Wing (RCAF) Canadian Joint Staff 335 FIS (USAF) 1 Wing (RCAF) 3 Wing (RCAF) 1 Air Div HQ (RCAF) RCAF Trenton RCAF Portage la Prairie NORAD 26 Sector CJATC Rivers RCAF | Avro & Tutor Oxford Hart Oxford Queen Bee Swordfish Queen Bee Swordfish Swordfish Swordfish Swordfish Anson Vincent Blenheim Blenheim Hurricane Beaufighter & Electra Hurricane Hurricane Hurricane Boston Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon Typhoon MM957 X Typhoon X X --------------------- Expeditor X X X X X Vampire Vampire Sabre X Sabre Sabre Sabre Sabre X X X X X | 24 May 1937 - Enlisted in the RAF 24 Aug 1937 14 Feb 1938 19 March 1938 - Advanced flying instruction 26 March 1938 1 June 1938 24 June 1938 23 July 1938 - Malta 23 Sep 1938 - Egypt 7 Oct 1938 5 Nov 1938 - Malta 16 March 1939 - Staff pilot - Egypt 1 Sep 1939 7 Oct 1940 23 Oct 1940 - Egypt/Greece/Crete 20 May 1941 - Visual night fighter 24 Oct 1941 24 Nov 1941 26 Feb 1942 - Ceylon 24 May 1942 26 Dec 1942 - Dorval, Canada 4 April 1943 - UK 16 May 1943 - Commanding Officer 11 July 1943 - Commanding Officer 11 Sep 1943 - Commanding Officer 20 Jan 1944 - Commanding Officer 8 May 1944 - Force landed in France Served with French resistance group Voix du Nord 6 Sep 1944 - UK 12 Dec 1944 - Transferred to the RCAF as S/L 24 May 1945 - Ottawa, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Sep 1945 1 Dec 1945 21 May 1946 26 March 1947 21 Sep 1947 23 Dec 1947 26 March 1949 15 Sep 1949 - Commanding Officer 26 Nov 1951 - UK 10 Sep 1952 - Washington, USA 15 Sep 1952 - Korea 17 Dec 1952 - UK 1 Feb 1953 - Germany 16 Sep 1953 7 Nov 1956 19 March 1957 16 July 1960 - Syracuse, N.Y., USA 13 July 1964 - Deputy Commander 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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