Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937)
Earhart was a noted aviation pioneer and the first woman to receive the U.S.
Distinguished Flying Cross.
During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937
in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central
Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. She was declared legally dead on
January 5, 1939.
Amelia Earhart waves from her Electra before taking off from Los Angeles, Ca.
on March 10, 1937
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