Kanton (Canton) Island - Revision history

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	* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]		* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]
	* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]		* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]
	* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]		* [[Aircraft lost in the vicinity of Nikumaroro]].
			* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941.]]
	[[Category:Expeditions]]		[[Category:Expeditions]]

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	[[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg\|thumb\|Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.]]		[[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg\|thumb\|Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.]]
			[[File:Kanton.jpg\|thumb\|<div align="center">Kanton and Niku.</div>]]
	Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.		Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.

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	Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.		Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.

	On February 14-16, 1998, a thirteen person TIGHAR team flew to Kanton Island to investigate the possibility that an engine from Earhart’s plane had been inadvertently brought there in 1971 during a U.S. Air Force missile testing program. Bruce Yoho, the individual who recovered the engine in 1971 (and now an active TIGHAR member), came along to show us where he dumped the Pratt & Whitney R1340 which he had found on a reef on one of the other islands of the Phoenix Group. Although he was able to locate the spot, ~~we were~~ surprised and disappointed to find that the contents of the dump had since been buried.		On February 14-16, 1998, a thirteen person TIGHAR team flew to Kanton Island to investigate the possibility that an engine from Earhart’s plane had been inadvertently brought there in 1971 during a U.S. Air Force missile testing program. Bruce Yoho, the individual who recovered the engine in 1971 (and now an active TIGHAR member), came along to show us where he dumped the Pratt & Whitney R1340 which he had found on a reef on one of the other islands of the Phoenix Group. Although he was able to locate the spot, the team was surprised and disappointed to find that the contents of the dump had since been buried.

	* Vessel: Chartered Gulfstream 1 Turbo-prop corporate aircraft		* Vessel: Chartered Gulfstream 1 Turbo-prop corporate aircraft
	* Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii		* Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii
	* Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati		* Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati

			"Subsequent investigation revealed the story to be, although well intentioned, almost certainly apocryphal" [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/2007Vol_23/2302.pdf (''TIGHAR Tracks,'' July 2007.)] The most likely source of the engine that Yoho worked on is the C-87 crash detailed in the next section.

	== C-87 Crash ==		== C-87 Crash ==

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	== Articles ==		== Articles ==
	* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]		* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]
	* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Kanton_Mission.html The Kanton Mission]		* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_1/Kanton_Mission.html The Kanton Mission]
	* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]		* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]
	* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]		* [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]
	* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]		* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]
	* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]		* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]
	[[Category:Expeditions]]		[[Category:Expeditions]]

Rickerjones: Add catagory: Expeditions

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Add catagory: Expeditions

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	* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]		* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]
	* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]		* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]
			[[Category:Expeditions]]

Moleski at 17:01, 8 June 2010

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	* Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii		* Port of Embarkation: Honolulu, Hawaii
	* Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati		* Destination: Kanton Island, Republic of Kiribati

			== C-87 Crash ==
			7 February 1943

			The C-87 (cargo/passenger version of the B-24) was on a night approach to Canton with a five man United Airlines crew and 16 Army passengers. The pilot did not request, and the tower at Canton did not provide, a current altimeter setting. The airplane simply flew into the ocean about a mile out with the altimeter reading 300 feet. Three men survived, including the co-pilot who was thrown through the windshield. Eighteen were lost. It appears from the report that only one body was recovered--a Lt.Col. Morton.

			TIGHAR has the full 20-page Army Air Forces report on that accident courtesy of Craig Fulller of Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research (AAIR).

	== Articles ==		== Articles ==
	* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]		* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/13_1/cantonengine.html The Canton Engine]

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	* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]		* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/The_Pilots_Thought...html The Pilots Thought I was Nuts]
	* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]		* [http://tighar.org/TTracks/14_1/Ate_Another_MRE.html Ate Another MRE]
	* [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]		* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]
	* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]		* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]

Moleski at 01:36, 23 July 2009

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	[[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg\|thumb\|Canton ~~airfield,~~ 1971]]		[[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg\|thumb\|Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.]]
	Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.		Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.

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	* [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]		* [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]
	* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]		* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]

	~~Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.~~

Moleski at 01:36, 23 July 2009

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	Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.		Note: TIGHAR and its sources use both spellings of the name. Both have been (and apparently will be) used indiscriminately in our discussions.

Moleski at 01:36, 23 July 2009

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	* [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]		* [http://www.tighar.org/forum/Highlights21_40/highlights35.html Excavating the Kanton Engine]
	* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]		* [[Francis_Ivor_Fleming_(1888-1968)#The_Poems\| Noel Coward's poems written on Canton in 1941]]
	~~[[Image:CantonAirfield1971.jpg\|thumb]]~~

	Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.		Canton Airfield 1971. Photo Courtesy Jack Porth.