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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. Approximate crash site 41.744676, -105.949401 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. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr

Was it delivered on a silver salver?

what the heck ?

There was a time in the Military when an invitation was delivered depending on who it went to. It would be delivered on a silver plate!

Caldwell crashed Oct. 15, 1930, near Lookout, Wyoming. Woodring, in a separate plane, had been flying with him but lost contact due to rough weather. He continued on with his copy of the treaty to New York, arriving the evening of Oct. 16. Woodring died Jan. 20, 1933, during a test flight over Wright Field, Ohio, when his A-11 attack plane exploded in midair. dmairfield.com/people/woodring_ia/