Nikumaroro structures from the abortive Arundel coconut plantation and were rescued after several days on the island. The devastated wreck of the "Norwich City" was a prominent landmark on the reef for 70 years, although by 2007, only the ship's keel, engine, and two large tanks remained. A Digital Globe satellite image taken November 15, 2016, shows one of the two tanks pushed inland by wave action, and the engine is now gone. Amelia Earhart attempted her world flight in 1937, but she and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared after the plane left Lae, New Guinea, and headed for Howland Island. Nikumaroro
Tommy Noonan Sonny Tufts' last movie. Noonan was married two times. His last wife was actress Pocahontas Crowfoot, whose name had been Carole Langley. They were married 16 years. Eight months after he had an operation for a brain tumor, Noonan died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, just a few days shy of his 47th birthday. He was survived by his wife, Pokie Noonan, and their four children: Vince, Susan, Kathleen, and Timothy; by Tom Huntington, his son from his first marriage to Lucile Barnes; and by grandchildren Matthew and Claire. Tommy Noonan Tommy Noonan (April 29,