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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Guam - Disappearance of Pan Am Hawaii Clipper Flight 229, enroute Guam to Manila, 28 July 1938.The radioed flight reports in post #7 above give no indication of bad weather during the flight so that seems unlikely. Since the plane...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Guam - Disappearance of Pan Am Hawaii Clipper Flight 229, enroute Guam to Manila, 28 July 1938.How would this have worked in practice? The wording on the certificate reads "Redeemable in gold on demand at the United States Treasury...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to jetsfanjohn's post in the thread Guam - Disappearance of Pan Am Hawaii Clipper Flight 229, enroute Guam to Manila, 28 July 1938 with
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread OR OR – Martin Family Ken 54, Barbara 48, Barbie 15, Columbia River Gorge, Dec 7 1958.It's weird, I agree. Usually gaps in the ages of children are explained by miscarriages or children who die in infancy, but you say...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Guam - Disappearance of Pan Am Hawaii Clipper Flight 229, enroute Guam to Manila, 28 July 1938.See, I don't understand how the Japanese could have "hijacked" the plane. When we talk of hijacking we mean a passenger taking over the...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to bettyboop's post in the thread Guam - Disappearance of Pan Am Hawaii Clipper Flight 229, enroute Guam to Manila, 28 July 1938 with Like.
Thank You, @Richard, for another fascinating thread! My personal opinion is a lightning strike, but the hijacking theory is intriguing...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Guam - Disappearance of Pan Am Hawaii Clipper Flight 229, enroute Guam to Manila, 28 July 1938.How would the Japanese authorities know that Choy was to be a passenger on the flight, and if they did how would they know he was...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread OR OR – Martin Family Ken 54, Barbara 48, Barbie 15, Columbia River Gorge, Dec 7 1958.Do we know if the couple were both the parents of all the children? The age gap makes me wonder whether Donald was the child of an...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread OR OR – Martin Family Ken 54, Barbara 48, Barbie 15, Columbia River Gorge, Dec 7 1958.This is an interesting article on the treatments and medication available for treating heart disease in the 1950s...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread OR OR – Martin Family Ken 54, Barbara 48, Barbie 15, Columbia River Gorge, Dec 7 1958.Not to mention, different times. Adults of both sexes, but especially men, were much less likely to show negative emotion in public than...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to Hexe's post in the thread Romania - George Smyth, 18,’called emergency services, saying he was exhausted & suffering from hypothermia’ snowy mountains of Romania, 23 Nov 2025 with Like.
The castle in question is Bran which despite being advertised as Dracula's castle has nothing to do with historical Vlad Dracula who...
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MMelmothTheLost posted the thread UK - Severely abused child comes good in News that makes you smile!.At first I wasn't sure where to put this as although the child was severely abused and the story could therefore fit into the Crimes...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Hong Kong - Major fire engulf several high-rise buildings, at least 13 deaths, 26 November 2025.The netting I have seen used in the UK does seem to be sufficiently loosely woven to allow a fair amount of daylight through, though...
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MMelmothTheLost posted the thread UK - Sir Tom Stoppard, Czech born British playwright, dead at 88 in Celebrity and Entertainment News.RIP Sir Tom Stoppard: The woman-loving wordsmith who fled Hitler to become the greatest (and wittiest) playwright of his generation...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to SteveH's post in the thread UK UK - Jack O'Sullivan, 22, left friends after night out, last seen Brunel Lock Road/Brunel Way, Bristol at 3.15am, 2 Mar 2024 with Like.
If Jack was trying to walk home it is much more likely that he would walk through Long Ashton (aka LA!) than walk along the grass verge...
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