[WWI] Vernon Castle/Benbrook Airfield

[J.R. Boye]

Yeah, Castle was a British citizen. From the site links you mentioned, he must have enlisted and trained in Canada. Sometimes he is referred to as RCAF. Most say he joined the RFC in 1916.
      If the RFC had airfields in Texas, those Jennies might have had British markings overall. Maybe they were Canucks. This may explain why "Wings of Honor" thinks he crashed at Taliaferro, which was an RFC base. Probably they were doing a joint exercise at Benbrook.
      Needs further looking into...

                                J.R. Boye

----- Original Message ----
From: David C. Fletcher <dcf at mars.ark.com>
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Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2007 12:54:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Vernon Castle/Benbrook Airfield

J.R. Boye wrote:

>     It looks like the plane Castle was flying in when he crashed was a 
> plain finished JN-4 with exposed wheel spokes and a British roundel on 
> the side.

My texas geoography isn't great, but the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) had 
three fields in Texas, all near Fort Worth.  These were Taliaferro 
Field, Barron Field, and Carruthers Field.  Is it possible that Castle 
was in the RFC/RAF?  I haven't found the answer to that one yet.  That 
would account for the British roundel.

Just muddying the waters....

Dave Fletcher




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