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Great War Stories: Keith Caldwell

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The First World War provided a considerable impetus to aviation. In Auckland the Walsh brothers established a flying school at Kohimarama. One of those who trained there was Keith Caldwell, who went on to become New Zealand’s most successful air ace of the war. Watch Keith Caldwell’s Great War Story.

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Peter Aimer, Aviation – The beginnings of aviation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/46394/great-war-stories-keith-caldwell (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Peter Aimer, published 23 October 2014.