When Gerald Gallagher died on Nikumaroro, it fell to his brother officers to inventory and pack his personal belongings for shipment to his heirs. Two inventories exist: one apparently made in his house, the other apparently a packing list of items shipped in boxes to Fiji in readiness for transit to Great Britain. Both are reproduced in this document. This one is apparently the packing list ...

A button, a zipper, a snap – are they all that’s left of a pair of pants? Two pieces of what was once a small rectangle of very thin glass with beveled edges – is this a woman’s compact mirror? A broken pocket knife – was this a castaway’s tool for prying open clams? The bottom of a small, broken bottle – what was in the bottle? Two more broken bottles found among charcoal ...

The drawing for “Part Number 40552 – Window Glass, Fuselage, Cabin” shows that a number of changes were made to the material and thickness specifications over the production life of the design (1934 to 1941).

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Connecting the Dots Some of the clues are stronger than others. Forensic imaging from two photos is much more reliable than an anomaly in a single photo. Human memory is notoriously frail, but it is interesting that all of the clues, so far, appear to tell a consistent story that conforms with the known natural forces affecting wreckage distribution as evidenced by debris from the …

2024年1月28日 · Sounds far fetched I know. Or they both sank with plane and debris floated to Gardner island causing the items to be found there? Shoes, glass, zipper piece, possibly floating in a bag? Although I know messages were heard by people days after plane disappeared..... just a theory no real basis, asking questions still though almost 90 years later.

2-6-S-16 2-6-S-18 These are the glass fragments we suspect are beachcombed which were used as cutting tools by the castaway. They are currently in the custody of Dr. Rob Jackson, an archaeologist in California with extensive experience in the evaluation of prehistoric tools. Here’s an excerpt from his preliminary report: I have had an opportunity to take only a quick look at …

Weather Code Translation Table Code Meaning b blue sky, cloudless bc blue sky with detached clouds bcd blue sky with detached clouds, drizzling or light rain bcl blue sky with detached clouds, lightning bcp blue sky with detached clouds, passing showers of rain bcq blue sky with detached clouds, squally weather bcr blue sky with detached clouds, rainy weather or continuous rain …

The puff of dust visible early in the takeoff film could be the broken mast dragged by the wire antenna snagging on the ground and tearing the wire and center mast off the airplane.

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