Portrait of an Aviator · Back Lane Studios · video
Short video about Roland Groome's aviation career and RFC training, made by Ruth Groome (per her email) at the encouragement of a Toronto local-history group. Title confirmed via YouTube's oEmbed endpoint this session; the page itself is JS-rendered and its description was not fetched — see chromeRequest.
Portrait of an Aviator · Back Lane Studios · video
For “Military service” MAR 1917 of Roland John Groome
Portrait of an Aviator
Video title only, confirmed via YouTube's oEmbed endpoint this session; description and content not fetched (JS-rendered page — see chromeRequest). Per Ruth's email, a short video made at a Toronto local-history group's encouragement, focusing on Roland's aviation career and Ontario RFC training.
Portrait of an Aviator · Back Lane Studios · video
For “Military service” MAR 1917 of Roland John Groome
he told her that Roland had trained as a pilot at air bases across Ontario, including at U of T, where Royal Airforce trainees were enrolled in the The School of Military Aeronautics.
YouTube video description, read in Chrome by the orchestrator 2026-09-17. Names the University of Toronto's wartime 'School of Military Aeronautics' as one of the Ontario air bases where Roland trained — a specific institution beyond the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan's 'flying instructor at Camp Mohawk, Ontario' already cited on this event.
Portrait of an Aviator · Back Lane Studios · video
For Roland John Groome (1897–1935)
When she was 4 years old, Ruth Groome was fascinated by the portrait of a man wearing a cap with goggles raised onto his forehead. She asked her parents and grandparents who it was. The answer came after a long silence: "That's Uncle Roland. He died in a plane crash." ... he told her that Roland had trained as a pilot at air bases across Ontario, including at U of T, where Royal Airforce trainees were enrolled in the The School of Military Aeronautics. ... her uncle R.J. Groome. Not only was h the first licensed commercial pilot in Canada, he was also the first registered private commercial aircraft and air harbour owner in this country.
YouTube video description, read in Chrome by the orchestrator 2026-09-17 (the ellipses and the stray 'h ' for 'he' are exactly as recorded from the page, not an omission or typo introduced here). Independently corroborates, from Ruth Groome's own account of her father Leslie's story, that this uncle is 'Uncle Roland' who 'died in a plane crash' — already established in the tree via Ruth's email (#2842) and Find a Grave/Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan/Wikipedia.