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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

Outstanding!

This is a very odd photo to be in H Latham's Collection. Latham flow his last flight in USA on Jan 10th, 1911 and on Jan 30th that year he left by boat for Japan. After this Latham more or less gave up flying, only performing very sporadically in 1911. I find it impossible that any such advanced aeroplane, such as the one depicted, would have been built in USA by 1911. The written text on the photo says Commemorating Beacheys and the way the front is draped in a US flag it rather looks like someone is commemorating his death, which of course was not until 1915. Unfortunately no clue what it is we are looking at. Stig