Name: |
TROLLIP |
Given Name: |
DOUGLAS PRICE |
Initials: |
D P |
Trade: |
Pilot |
Rank: |
LieutenantOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
Royal Air Force |
Unit: |
57th Sqdn.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1918-04-01Other Casualties on this
Date |
Date of Birth: |
1895-01-13 |
Age: |
23 |
Cause of Death: |
Missing in action, as Pilot of Airco DH.4 day bomber #A7872, shot down during a bombing operation near Grevillers (South of Pas-de-Calais), probably shot down by Leutnant Hans Joachim Wolff of Jasta 11, a squadron within Jagdgeschwader I (The Red Baron's Flying Circus). He was flying alongside Lieutenant James David Moses, a notable Delaware/First Nations Canadian infantry officer who had transferred into the air services |
Additional
Information: |
Son of Roland James William and E. A. T. Trollip, of Mount Prospect, Witmoss Rail Station, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Bedford Cemetery, Eastern Cape |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2026-10-12
