Fred Noonan
20th-century American aviator and navigator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederick Joseph "Fred" Noonan (born April 4, 1893 – disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead June 20, 1938) was an American flight navigator, sea captain and aviation pioneer, who first charted many commercial airline routes across the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. As the flight navigator for famed aviator Amelia Earhart in their pioneering attempt at circumnavigating the globe, they disappeared somewhere over the central Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937.
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Fred Noonan | |
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Born | Frederick Joseph Noonan (1893-04-04)April 4, 1893 Cook County, Illinois, U.S. |
Disappeared | July 2, 1937 (aged 44) Pacific Ocean, en route to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea |
Status | Declared dead in absentia[1] (1938-06-20)June 20, 1938 |
Occupation | Navigator |
Spouses | Josephine Sullivan
(m. 1927; div. 1937)Mary Beatrice Martinelli (née Passadori)
(m. 1937) |
Parent(s) | Joseph T. Noonan Catherine Egan Noonan |
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