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Noonan, Frederick Joseph (1893-1937)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1893 - 1937

Biographical Information

Frederick Noonan was born April 4, 1893 in Cook County, Illinois. He spent his early career as a merchant seaman before working at Pan American World Airways in the 1920s. By the 1930s, Noonan took up flying and transitioning into the role of air navigator. In 1937, he was chosen by Amelia Earhart to be the sole navigator for her second world flight attempt. Noonan disappeared along with Earhart on the way to Howland Island during her second world flight attempt on July 2, 1937.

Citation:
"The Earhart Project: Fred Noonan." TIGHAR.org. 2021. Accessed on March 5, 2025. https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Noonan.html

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick J. Noonan and Mary Beatrice Noonan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 224
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, and scrapbook, relating to Frederick Noonan’s career as a navigator for Pan American Airways China Clipper and as navigator for Amelia Earhart’s 1937 world flight attempt.

Dates: 1930-2008; Majority of material found within 1930-1937

Photograph from Amelia Earhart's 1937 World Flight, Karachi, India

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 46, Folder: 1
Identifier: 20200903

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Type
Unprocessed Material 1
Collection 1
 
Subject
Air mail service--History 1
Aviators 1
Flights around the world 1
Letters (Correspondence) 1
Navigation (aeronautics) 1