Keith Caldwell Military person

Air Commodore Keith Logan "Grid" Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & Bar (16 October 1895 – 28 November 1980) was a New Zealand fighter ace of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I who also rose to the rank of Air Commodore in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.

Personal facts

Keith Caldwell
Birth dateOctober 16, 1895
Birth place
Wellington , New Zealand
Date of deathNovember 28, 1980
Place of death
New Zealand , Auckland

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Military person

award
Mentioned in dispatches
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Croix de guerre (Belgium)
Order of the British Empire
military operations
Western Front (World War I)
military branch
Royal Flying Corps
Royal New Zealand Air Force
New Zealand Army
military command
No. 74 Squadron (1918)
RNZAF Base Wigram (1942–44)
RNZAF Base Woodbourne (1939–42)
military unit
No. 60 Squadron RAF
No. 74 Squadron RAF
No. 8 Squadron RAF
service start1914
service end1914

Keith Caldwell on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=3C1
  2. http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/aces/caldwell.htm
  3. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/nzealand/caldwell.html