Faces to Names – Pilot Officer Robert D. Davidson
Research, scripting, photography, and videography: Riley Wilson (2023).
Voiceover: Rodney Wilson (2023).
Music: Pixabay: Experimental Rift (WIP). (2022, May 8). Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/experimental-rift-wip-17676/
3-minute version credits (in order of appearance):
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. (n.d.). Photo of Robert Dunlop Davidson. Government of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846176
Wikimedia Commons. (2011). Blank Map of Canada. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blank_map_of_Canada.svg
Roullier, C. (n.d.). Crash Spitfire Robert Dunlop Davidson. Kilroy Trip. With permission. https://www.kilroytrip.fr/memoriaux/crash-spitfire-robert-dunlop-davidson
The School Vol. 2. (1913). Two Modern Schools: Adelaide Hoodless. Vintage Hamilton. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/VintageHamilton/photos/a.480839138601051/2922387087779565/?type=3
Hamilton Postcards. (n.d.). Hamilton Collegiate Institute and Ontario Normal College unused. Retrieved from https://www.hamiltonpostcards.com/hamilton-schools-page-1
Huffman, B. (2016). The carter park mural: central collegiate institute Carter Park, Hamilton, Ontario. With permission.
Powell, P. E. (1950). Appleford Paper Products. Vintage Hamilton. Doreen Lee. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1665059253512361&set=a.1586066504744970
Library and Archives Canada. (1944). Debriefing of aircrew of No. 433 (Porcupine) Squadron, RCAF, after a raid on German flying-bomb sites in France. Government of Canada. Image 2582. Retrieved from https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/faces-second-war/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2582&
Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF). (1946). 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron Badge. Government of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/list-flying-squadrons/401-squadron.html 401 Squadron badge used courtesy of the Department of National Defence.
Library and Archives Canada. (1942). Supermarine spitfire VB of No. 401 Squadron over Kent. Government of Canada . Retrieved from https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=4997399 Item number 4997399.
Berryman Family. Image and quote from Lloyd Berryman: A Flyer’s Remembrance.
Wikimedia Commons. (2007). Hamilton Ontario Skyline. Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/HamiltonOntarioSkylineC.JPG.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. (n.d.). Photo of ROBERT DUNLOP DAVIDSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me. Government of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846176
Library and Archives Canada. (1942). Supermarine spitfire VB of No. 401 Squadron over Kent. Government of Canada . Retrieved from https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=4997399. Item number 4997399.
National Museum of the U.S. Airforce. (1942). Focke-Wulf 190. Wikimedia. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg
Wikimedia. (2015). Base map of France with 18 Regions.
Google Maps. (2023). Lignou, France. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/maps/place/61220+Lignou,+France/@48.6694322,-0.3476104,239m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x48098b2bcefed01d:0x40c14484fb816b0!8m2!3d48.669766!4d-0.347382!16s%2Fm%2F03qgpps?hl=en-GB&entry=ttu
Dubervill, F. L. (1944). Two French women placing flowers on the grave of a Canadian soldier, Bernières-sur-Mer, France. Government of Canada. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved from https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/faces-second-war/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1073& Image 1073.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. (1946, May 30). Newspaper clipping: learn son’s grave is french shrine. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846176
Commonwealth War Graves. (n.d.). Couterne (Lignou) Churchyard: Grave. Retrieved from https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2090349/couterne-lignou-churchyard/
Moriceau, M. (2013). Pierre Vauloup à la stèle ériée à la mémoire du pilote canadien. (Pierre Vauloup at the stele erected in memory of the Canadian pilot.). actu.fr. Le Publicateur. With permission.
All other photos were taken by Riley Wilson (2023) or purchased from iStock.
90-second version credits (in order of appearance):
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. (n.d.). Photo of Robert Dunlop Davidson. Government of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846176
The School Vol. 2. (1913). Two Modern Schools: Adelaide Hoodless. Vintage Hamilton. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/VintageHamilton/photos/a.480839138601051/2922387087779565/?type=3
Hamilton Postcards. (n.d.). Hamilton Collegiate Institute and Ontario Normal College unused. Retrieved from https://www.hamiltonpostcards.com/hamilton-schools-page-1
Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF). (1946). 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron Badge. Government of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/list-flying-squadrons/401-squadron.html 401 Squadron badge used courtesy of the Department of National Defence.
Library and Archives Canada. (1942). Supermarine spitfire VB of No. 401 Squadron over Kent. Government of Canada . Retrieved from https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=4997399 Item number 4997399.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. (n.d.). Photo of ROBERT DUNLOP DAVIDSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me. Government of Canada. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846176
Library and Archives Canada. (1942). Supermarine spitfire VB of No. 401 Squadron over Kent. Government of Canada . Retrieved from https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=4997399. Item number 4997399.
National Museum of the U.S. Airforce. (1942). Focke-Wulf 190. Wikimedia . Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg
Google Maps. (2023). Lignou, France. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/maps/place/61220+Lignou,+France/@48.6694322,-0.3476104,239m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x48098b2bcefed01d:0x40c14484fb816b0!8m2!3d48.669766!4d-0.347382!16s%2Fm%2F03qgpps?hl=en-GB&entry=ttu
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. (1946, May 30). Newspaper clipping: learn son’s grave is french shrine. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846176
Commonwealth War Graves. (n.d.). Couterne (Lignou) Churchyard: Grave. Retrieved from https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2090349/couterne-lignou-churchyard/
Moriceau, M. (2013). Pierre Vauloup à la stèle ériée à la mémoire du pilote canadien. (Pierre Vauloup at the stele (monument) erected in memory of the Canadian pilot.). actu.fr. Le Publicateur. With permission.
All other photos were taken by Riley Wilson (2023) or purchased from iStock.
