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On 8 April 1943, B-25C Mitchell #41-12904, "Half Pound Mary" of the 71st Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group crashed 8 miles north east of Townsville while undergoing an overhaul at the 4th Air Depot. The following crew members were buried at the US Military Cemetery Townsville on 12 April 1943. Carlow, D.T. Atkinson, Courtney B. Neyley, Paul L. Haggerty, John J. Jnr. Peter Murray in Townsville in November 2013 commented that there is some doubt about the accuracy of the caption on the above photograph. After some collaborative research with Peter Murray, it is now confirmed that the above caption under the burial photograph is incorrect in stating that all men were members of the 2nd Service Squadron. Carlow, Atkinson, Neyley, and Haggerty, who were killed in this crash, were buried along with men from two other crashes and two men from the 91st Engineers on 12 April 1943. Source: www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld100.htm

The funeral took place at The Little Church Around the Corner, E. 29th, between Madison and Fifth, on Feb. 19, 1918. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Transfiguration,_Epis...(Manhattan) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-02-19/ed-... street view, 2009: www.google.com/maps/@40.7450797,-73.9863511,3a,75y,70.42h...

The note above doesn't make it clear, but Vernon Castle was serving as a captain in the Royal Flying Corps, teaching airmen to fly in Texas when his plane crashed.

An extensive article about the funeral is in the New-York tribune., February 20, 1918, Page 7 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-02-20/ed-...

Vernon Castle s. e.g. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/10995232555/

and in happier days

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Niitaka "Niitaka (新高) was the lead ship of the Niitaka-class protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was the sister ship of the Tsushima." "On 26 August 1922, Niitaka anchored near the mouth of a river in what is now part of the Ust-Bolsheretsky District on the southern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, while a party of 15 led by Lieutenant Shigetada Gunji went ashore. Sudden typhoon-force winds drove the vessel onto rocks, where it overturned, killing all 284 people aboard at 51°30′N 156°29′ECoordinates: 51°30′N 156°29′E. The only survivors were the members of the shore party. A Russian source states that the captain survived the accident, only to commit seppuku afterwards."

swanq thanks for this information and the correct spelling of the ship. We will update the record accordingly.