Caldwell, Donald Forrest (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1945-November-04

Flight Lieutenant Donald Forrest Caldwell RCAF

Birth Date: 1913-September-21

Born: Crooked Creek, Alberta

Parents: Bert & Bessie M. Caldwell.

Spouse: Margaret Isobel Caldwell of Ottawa, Ontario.

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment Date: 1941-July-22

Service

RCAF

Unit

168 (HT) Sqn- Squadron

Base

RCAF Stn Rockliffe, Ontario (Ottawa)

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Service Numbers

J/11098

Final Burial
Google MapHeath War Cemetery
Plot 4 Row F Grave 18

Took off from Rockcliffe on the first leg to Prestwick, then on to Poland on a humanitarian mission delivering medical supplies.

Aircraft struck trees on top of high ground and crashed while flying in the base of low cloud at about 1,000 feet near Halle, Germany.

Killed includes Caldwell: F/Lt Norbert David Roche RCAF J/15269 KIFA Munster Heath War Cemetery, Plot 4. Row F. Grave 19. F/Lt Edward Pattern Harling RCAF J/4331 pilot KIFA Munster Heath War Cemetery, Plot 4. Row F. Grave 20. Squadron Leader Alfred Ernest Webster DFC RCAF J/4956 KIFA Munster Heath War Cemetery, Plot 4. Row F. Grave 21. Sergeant Edwin Erwin Phillips RCAF R/174196 KIFA Munster Heath War Cemetery, Plot 4. Row F. Grave 22.

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