Fred Noonan
Fred Noonan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frederick Joseph Noonan April 4, 1893 Cook County, Illinois, U.S. |
| Disappeared | July 2, 1937
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| Status | Declared dead in absentia June 20, 1938 (aged 45) |
| Occupations | Sea captain, flight navigator |
| Spouses | Josephine Sullivan
(m. 1927; div. 1937)Mary Beatrice Martinelli (née Passadori)
(m. 1937) |
Frederick Joseph 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, the two disappeared somewhere over the central Pacific Ocean on July 3, 1937.