China Clipper flight departure site when Sikorsky S-42 "Samoan Clipper" exploded over Samoa in January, 1938. "Hawaii Clipper" disappeared westbound from Guam to Manila in July, 1938. There were unsubstantiated rumors of Japanese involvement, similar to those arising from the disappearance of Amelia Earhart a year earlier. Earhart's navigator, Fred Noonan, had been navigator aboard "China Clipper" during the initial airmail flight. Boeing 314 flying boats "Honolulu Clipper" (NC18601) and "California Clipper" (NC18602) joined the surviving Martin M-130s in 1939, and "Pacific Clipper" (NC18609) and "Anzac Clipper" (NC18611) extended service to New Zealand and Australia in 1941. "Philippine Clipper" returned to Wake when it received
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,