Gravestone, In loving memory of 2nd Lt A Steel Caldwell RFC, who was killed in an aeroplane accident at Doncaster May 4th 1917
Second Lieutenant Anthony Steel CALDWELL From Australia serving in the Royal Flying Corps Service No: Not Assigned Unit: 15th Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Died: Aircraft Accident, England, 4 May 1917, Aged 26 Years Buried: Doncaster (Hyde Park) Cemetery, Yorkshire CWGC Additional Information: Son of Steel Caldwell and Lillian Caldwell, of “Eurabba,” Young, New South Wales Australia Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT Remembered: Bribbaree War Memorial, Bribbaree NSW On 4 May 1917, Second Lieutenant Caldwell (Supernumerary), along with Second Lieutenant Cyril Harvey Trollope RFC (Pilot), was killed at Doncaster in a flying accident in RE8 aircraft A4192. The crash occurred when the pilot attempted to turn back while downwind at 150-200 feet with a failing engine, and the aircraft side-slipped and did a spinning nosedive into the ground.
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Location: Hyde Park Cemetery, Carr Ln, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN4 5AA
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