2nd Lieutenant William W. Caldwell, an Army Air Corps Reserve pilot with the 95th Pursuit Squadron, who was escorting a courier plane transporting Japan's Ratification Document for the London Naval Treaty of 1930 from Victoria, B.C. to New York City, was killed in the crash of his Consolidated Fleetster, 70 miles northwest of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and about 1.5 miles east of Rock River. The crash occurred in blizzard conditions when Caldwell's aircraft encountered an unexpected fencepost at 2:20 PM, according to a nearby witness who heard the crash.
Lt. Caldwell's father, Fred T. Caldwell of Oakland, CA, survived him. From the NY Times, October 17, 1930.
Lt. Caldwell's father, Fred T. Caldwell of Oakland, CA, survived him. From the NY Times, October 17, 1930.
2nd Lieutenant William W. Caldwell, an Army Air Corps Reserve pilot with the 95th Pursuit Squadron, who was escorting a courier plane transporting Japan's Ratification Document for the London Naval Treaty of 1930 from Victoria, B.C. to New York City, was killed in the crash of his Consolidated Fleetster, 70 miles northwest of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and about 1.5 miles east of Rock River. The crash occurred in blizzard conditions when Caldwell's aircraft encountered an unexpected fencepost at 2:20 PM, according to a nearby witness who heard the crash.
Lt. Caldwell's father, Fred T. Caldwell of Oakland, CA, survived him. From the NY Times, October 17, 1930.
Lt. Caldwell's father, Fred T. Caldwell of Oakland, CA, survived him. From the NY Times, October 17, 1930.
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