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	== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==		== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==
	[[Image:Plane wreckage.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|A float from the Martin Mariner.]]		[[Image:Plane wreckage.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|A float from the Martin Mariner.]]
	On 10 June 1944, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mariner U.S. Navy Martin "Mariner" flying boat], PBM-3-D BuNo 48199, had an engine fire and made a forced landing just offshore from Howland. The pilot intentionally beached the aircraft and the crew escaped unharmed; they later set the aircraft on fire deliberately.<ref>[http://www.vpnavy.com/vp16_mishap.html "10 JUN 44 A/C: PBM-3DMarina."</ref> The crew was rescued by the USCG ''Balsam'' (the same ship that later took Unit 92 to Gardner Island) and transferred to a sub chaser which took them to Canton Island.		On 10 June 1944, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mariner U.S. Navy Martin "Mariner" flying boat], PBM-3-D BuNo 48199, had an engine fire and made a forced landing just offshore from Howland. The pilot intentionally beached the aircraft and the crew escaped unharmed; they later set the aircraft on fire deliberately.<ref>[http://www.vpnavy.com/vp16_mishap.html "10 JUN 44 A/C: PBM-3DMarina."]</ref> The crew was rescued by the USCG ''Balsam'' (the same ship that later took Unit 92 to Gardner Island) and transferred to a sub chaser which took them to Canton Island.

	== Construction of Kamakaiwi Field on Howland Island ==		== Construction of Kamakaiwi Field on Howland Island ==

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	== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==		== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==
	[[Image:Plane wreckage.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|A float from the Martin Mariner.]]		[[Image:Plane wreckage.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|A float from the Martin Mariner.]]
	On 10 June 1944, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mariner U.S. Navy Martin "Mariner" flying boat], PBM-3-D BuNo 48199, had an engine fire and made a forced landing just offshore from Howland. The pilot intentionally beached the aircraft and the crew escaped unharmed ~~before~~ the aircraft ~~burned~~. The crew was rescued by the USCG ''Balsam'' (the same ship that later took Unit 92 to Gardner Island) and transferred to a sub chaser which took them to Canton Island.		On 10 June 1944, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mariner U.S. Navy Martin "Mariner" flying boat], PBM-3-D BuNo 48199, had an engine fire and made a forced landing just offshore from Howland. The pilot intentionally beached the aircraft and the crew escaped unharmed; they later set the aircraft on fire deliberately.<ref>[http://www.vpnavy.com/vp16_mishap.html "10 JUN 44 A/C: PBM-3DMarina."</ref> The crew was rescued by the USCG ''Balsam'' (the same ship that later took Unit 92 to Gardner Island) and transferred to a sub chaser which took them to Canton Island.

	== Construction of Kamakaiwi Field on Howland Island ==		== Construction of Kamakaiwi Field on Howland Island ==

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	== References ==		== References ==
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			== Links ==

			* [http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html "Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and Decimal Degrees Latitude/Longitude Conversions."]

	[[Category:Final Flight]]		[[Category:Final Flight]]
	[[Category:Maps]]		[[Category:Maps]]

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	== Correct location of Howland Island known in 1937 ==		== Correct location of Howland Island known in 1937 ==

			; 1936 ''American Practical Navigator''

			: Page 340: 0º 49' (00") N 176º 43' (09") W (0.816667N 176.719167W). This is about six nautical miles west of Howland.

			: Page 401: 0º 53' N 176º 35' W (0.883333N 176.583333W). This is about 5 nautical miles northeast of Howland.

	[[Elgen Long]] claimed that the charts used by [[Noonan]] had the wrong coordinates for Howland Island.		[[Elgen Long]] claimed that the charts used by [[Noonan]] had the wrong coordinates for Howland Island.

	; Rollin Reineck, [http://community-2.webtv.net/DB325840/AmeliaEarhartThe/page3.html "Review of ''Amelia Earhart<nowiki>:</nowiki> The Mystery Solved"'']<nowiki>:</nowiki>		; Rollin Reineck, [http://community-2.webtv.net/DB325840/AmeliaEarhartThe/page3.html "Review of ''Amelia Earhart<nowiki>:</nowiki> The Mystery Solved"'']<nowiki>:</nowiki>

	: This assumption by Long says that Howland Island was mis-plotted. Long claims that Howland Island was actually six miles east of the plotted position on the charts that Noonan used and Noonan was unaware of the true position of Howland Island.		: This assumption by Long says that Howland Island was mis-plotted. Long claims that Howland Island was actually six miles east of the plotted position on the charts that Noonan used and Noonan was unaware of the true position of Howland Island.

	: Long is totally wrong.		: Long is totally wrong.

	: In August of 1936, the Coast Guard vessel, the ''[[Itasca]]'' accurately plotted the Line Islands including Howland. It found that Howland was plotted 51/2 miles west of its real position. Long would like one to believe that this information was CLASSIFIED and therefore not available to Earhart for her Pacific flight.		: In August of 1936, the Coast Guard vessel, the ''[[Itasca]]'' accurately plotted the Line Islands including Howland. It found that Howland was plotted 5 1/2 miles west of its real position. Long would like one to believe that this information was CLASSIFIED and therefore not available to Earhart for her Pacific flight.

	: Ask yourself this question. If this island had been mis-plotted it would have been a hazard to navigation. The United States was not at war at that time and had no declared enemies, therefore why would it be classified?		: Ask yourself this question. If this island had been mis-plotted it would have been a hazard to navigation. The United States was not at war at that time and had no declared enemies, therefore why would it be classified?

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	[[Elgen Long]] claimed that the charts used by [[Noonan]] had the wrong coordinates for Howland Island.		[[Elgen Long]] claimed that the charts used by [[Noonan]] had the wrong coordinates for Howland Island.

	; Rollin Reineck, [http://community-2.webtv.net/DB325840/AmeliaEarhartThe/page3.html "Review of ''Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved"''],		; Rollin Reineck, [http://community-2.webtv.net/DB325840/AmeliaEarhartThe/page3.html "Review of ''Amelia Earhart<nowiki>:</nowiki> The Mystery Solved"'']<nowiki>:</nowiki>
	This assumption by Long says that Howland Island was mis-plotted. Long claims that Howland Island was actually six miles east of the plotted position on the charts that Noonan used and Noonan was unaware of the true position of Howland Island.		: This assumption by Long says that Howland Island was mis-plotted. Long claims that Howland Island was actually six miles east of the plotted position on the charts that Noonan used and Noonan was unaware of the true position of Howland Island.

	Long is totally wrong.		: Long is totally wrong.

	In August of 1936, the Coast Guard vessel, the ''[[Itasca]]'' accurately plotted the Line Islands including Howland. It found that Howland was plotted 51/2 miles west of its real position. Long would like one to believe that this information was CLASSIFIED and therefore not available to Earhart for her Pacific flight.		: In August of 1936, the Coast Guard vessel, the ''[[Itasca]]'' accurately plotted the Line Islands including Howland. It found that Howland was plotted 51/2 miles west of its real position. Long would like one to believe that this information was CLASSIFIED and therefore not available to Earhart for her Pacific flight.

	Ask yourself this question. If this island had been mis-plotted it would have been a hazard to navigation. The United States was not at war at that time and had no declared enemies, therefore why would it be classified?		: Ask yourself this question. If this island had been mis-plotted it would have been a hazard to navigation. The United States was not at war at that time and had no declared enemies, therefore why would it be classified?

	There is no doubt that this information was made available to all mariners (Notice to Mariners) world-wide. It is inconceivable that Noonan would not have received the information that was discovered almost a year before the Earhart flight. The Coast Guard was fully aware of Earhart's plans to fly around the world and to use Howland Island as a refueling stop. They were charged with providing whatever help they could to make the Earhart flight a success. Withholding such vital information is incomprehensible.		: There is no doubt that this information was made available to all mariners (Notice to Mariners) world-wide. It is inconceivable that Noonan would not have received the information that was discovered almost a year before the Earhart flight. The Coast Guard was fully aware of Earhart's plans to fly around the world and to use Howland Island as a refueling stop. They were charged with providing whatever help they could to make the Earhart flight a success. Withholding such vital information is incomprehensible.

	In a recent book about Amelia Earhart titled ''East to the Dawn'', page 408 the author discusses this very point. Ms. Butler says "The chart of the area then in use #1198, Published by the hydrographic office within the Navy, contrary to the assertion that it showed Howland Island wrongly placed, in fact was reasonably accurate. According to the last chart correction made by the U.S. Government dating from 1995, the coordinates to the beacon on the west side of Howland are: latitude 00 degrees 48 minutes north. longitude, 176 degrees 37 minutes west. The chart Fred was using showed Howland within half a mile of those coordinates. When years later, emulating Amelia's world flight, Ann Pellegreno used the latitude and longitude that Fred Noonan had used for Howland. She found they were correct."		: In a recent book about Amelia Earhart titled ''East to the Dawn'', page 408 the author discusses this very point. Ms. Butler says "The chart of the area then in use #1198, Published by the hydrographic office within the Navy, contrary to the assertion that it showed Howland Island wrongly placed, in fact was reasonably accurate. According to the last chart correction made by the U.S. Government dating from 1995, the coordinates to the beacon on the west side of Howland are: latitude 00 degrees 48 minutes north. longitude, 176 degrees 37 minutes west. The chart Fred was using showed Howland within half a mile of those coordinates. When years later, emulating Amelia's world flight, Ann Pellegreno used the latitude and longitude that Fred Noonan had used for Howland. She found they were correct."

	[[Randy Jacobson]] ~~says,~~ "For obvious reasons, Earhart’s strip map and navigational instructions for the trip to Howland are not available for inspection. However, charts for the same flight, prepared by Clarence Williams on February 9, 1937 but from the opposite direction, are now in the Special Collections archive at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. These show a great circle route representing the shortest distance, 2,556 statute miles (2,223 nm), between the two points, based upon 16 way points.1 Williams uses the position of 0°49′N, 176°43′W for Howland, the accepted position at the time, corresponding to 2219 nm along a great circle route. CDR W. N. Derby, USCG, commanding officer of the Itasca in 1935, had already sent a letter to the Naval Hydrographic Office detailing the latest, accurate, position for Howland as 0°50′30″N, 176°34′30″W.2 On Aug. 17, 1936, William Miller, in his 6th Equatorial Cruise Report, reported that a revised position of Howland was determined to be 0°48′6″N, 176°38′12″W.3 A copy of this cruise report was retained by Bill Miller for his office files, and he undoubtedly had access to this information when conferring with Earhart prior to her departure. Whether he gave her the latest position information for Howland is unknown. The distance from Lae to this revised, corrected, location for Howland is 2223 nm. The difference in positions for the various Howland locations are on the order of 5 nm, an insignificant amount should one come upon visual range of the island itself" [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/2ndattemptroute.html ("The World Flight, Second Attempt: Intended Route to Howland").]		'''[[Randy Jacobson]]''':

			: "For obvious reasons, Earhart’s strip map and navigational instructions for the trip to Howland are not available for inspection. However, charts for the same flight, prepared by Clarence Williams on February 9, 1937 but from the opposite direction, are now in the Special Collections archive at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. These show a great circle route representing the shortest distance, 2,556 statute miles (2,223 nm), between the two points, based upon 16 way points. Williams uses the position of 0°49′N, 176°43′W for Howland, the accepted position at the time, corresponding to 2219 nm along a great circle route. CDR W. N. Derby, USCG, commanding officer of the Itasca in 1935, had already sent a letter to the Naval Hydrographic Office detailing the latest, accurate, position for Howland as 0°50′30″N, 176°34′30″W. On Aug. 17, 1936, William Miller, in his 6th Equatorial Cruise Report, reported that a revised position of Howland was determined to be 0°48′6″N, 176°38′12″W. A copy of this cruise report was retained by Bill Miller for his office files, and he undoubtedly had access to this information when conferring with Earhart prior to her departure. Whether he gave her the latest position information for Howland is unknown. The distance from Lae to this revised, corrected, location for Howland is 2223 nm. The difference in positions for the various Howland locations are on the order of 5 nm, an insignificant amount should one come upon visual range of the island itself" [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/2ndattemptroute.html ("The World Flight, Second Attempt: Intended Route to Howland").]

	== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==		== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==

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 == Problems seeing Howland from the air ==
 [[Image:Howland island nasa.jpg‎|thumb|250px|Astronaut photograph ISS010-E-9287, 3 December 2004.]]
-The [[Waitt Institute for Discovery]] has an [http://log.searchforamelia.org/wow-wheres-howland excellent video on this page] that demonstrates how difficult it is to spot '''Howland Island''' from the air.
+The [[Waitt Institute for Discovery]] has an [http://log.searchforamelia.org/wow-wheres-howland excellent video on this page] that demonstrates how difficult it can be to spot '''Howland Island''' from the air.
 [[Pellegrino|Anne Pellegrino]] had a hard time finding Howland in her 1967 re-enactment of [[AE|Earhart's]] flight plan; the weather conditions Pellegrino encountered certainly added to the difficulty.

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	In a recent book about Amelia Earhart titled ''East to the Dawn'', page 408 the author discusses this very point. Ms. Butler says "The chart of the area then in use #1198, Published by the hydrographic office within the Navy, contrary to the assertion that it showed Howland Island wrongly placed, in fact was reasonably accurate. According to the last chart correction made by the U.S. Government dating from 1995, the coordinates to the beacon on the west side of Howland are: latitude 00 degrees 48 minutes north. longitude, 176 degrees 37 minutes west. The chart Fred was using showed Howland within half a mile of those coordinates. When years later, emulating Amelia's world flight, Ann Pellegreno used the latitude and longitude that Fred Noonan had used for Howland. She found they were correct."		In a recent book about Amelia Earhart titled ''East to the Dawn'', page 408 the author discusses this very point. Ms. Butler says "The chart of the area then in use #1198, Published by the hydrographic office within the Navy, contrary to the assertion that it showed Howland Island wrongly placed, in fact was reasonably accurate. According to the last chart correction made by the U.S. Government dating from 1995, the coordinates to the beacon on the west side of Howland are: latitude 00 degrees 48 minutes north. longitude, 176 degrees 37 minutes west. The chart Fred was using showed Howland within half a mile of those coordinates. When years later, emulating Amelia's world flight, Ann Pellegreno used the latitude and longitude that Fred Noonan had used for Howland. She found they were correct."

	[[Randy Jacobson]] says, "For obvious reasons, Earhart’s strip map and navigational instructions for the trip to Howland are not available for inspection. However, charts for the same flight, prepared by Clarence Williams on February 9, 1937 but from the opposite direction, are now in the Special Collections archive at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. These show a great circle route representing the shortest distance, 2,556 statute miles (2,223 nm), between the two points, based upon 16 way points.1 Williams uses the position of 0°49′N, 176°43′W for Howland, the accepted position at the time, corresponding to 2219 nm along a great circle route. CDR W. N. Derby, USCG, commanding officer of the Itasca in 1935, had already sent a letter to the Naval Hydrographic Office detailing the latest, accurate, position for Howland as 0°50′30″N, 176°34′30″W.2 On Aug. 17, 1936, William Miller, in his 6th Equatorial Cruise Report, reported that a revised position of Howland was determined to be 0°48′6″N, 176°38′12″W.3 A copy of this cruise report was retained by Bill Miller for his office files, and he undoubtedly had access to this information when conferring with Earhart prior to her departure. Whether he gave her the latest position information for Howland is unknown. The distance from Lae to this revised, corrected, location for Howland is 2223 nm. The difference in positions for the various Howland locations are on the order of 5 nm, an insignificant amount should one come upon visual range of the island itself" [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/2ndattemptroute.html "The World Flight, Second Attempt: Intended Route to Howland").]		[[Randy Jacobson]] says, "For obvious reasons, Earhart’s strip map and navigational instructions for the trip to Howland are not available for inspection. However, charts for the same flight, prepared by Clarence Williams on February 9, 1937 but from the opposite direction, are now in the Special Collections archive at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. These show a great circle route representing the shortest distance, 2,556 statute miles (2,223 nm), between the two points, based upon 16 way points.1 Williams uses the position of 0°49′N, 176°43′W for Howland, the accepted position at the time, corresponding to 2219 nm along a great circle route. CDR W. N. Derby, USCG, commanding officer of the Itasca in 1935, had already sent a letter to the Naval Hydrographic Office detailing the latest, accurate, position for Howland as 0°50′30″N, 176°34′30″W.2 On Aug. 17, 1936, William Miller, in his 6th Equatorial Cruise Report, reported that a revised position of Howland was determined to be 0°48′6″N, 176°38′12″W.3 A copy of this cruise report was retained by Bill Miller for his office files, and he undoubtedly had access to this information when conferring with Earhart prior to her departure. Whether he gave her the latest position information for Howland is unknown. The distance from Lae to this revised, corrected, location for Howland is 2223 nm. The difference in positions for the various Howland locations are on the order of 5 nm, an insignificant amount should one come upon visual range of the island itself" [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/2ndattemptroute.html ("The World Flight, Second Attempt: Intended Route to Howland").]

	== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==		== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==

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	In a recent book about Amelia Earhart titled ''East to the Dawn'', page 408 the author discusses this very point. Ms. Butler says "The chart of the area then in use #1198, Published by the hydrographic office within the Navy, contrary to the assertion that it showed Howland Island wrongly placed, in fact was reasonably accurate. According to the last chart correction made by the U.S. Government dating from 1995, the coordinates to the beacon on the west side of Howland are: latitude 00 degrees 48 minutes north. longitude, 176 degrees 37 minutes west. The chart Fred was using showed Howland within half a mile of those coordinates. When years later, emulating Amelia's world flight, Ann Pellegreno used the latitude and longitude that Fred Noonan had used for Howland. She found they were correct."		In a recent book about Amelia Earhart titled ''East to the Dawn'', page 408 the author discusses this very point. Ms. Butler says "The chart of the area then in use #1198, Published by the hydrographic office within the Navy, contrary to the assertion that it showed Howland Island wrongly placed, in fact was reasonably accurate. According to the last chart correction made by the U.S. Government dating from 1995, the coordinates to the beacon on the west side of Howland are: latitude 00 degrees 48 minutes north. longitude, 176 degrees 37 minutes west. The chart Fred was using showed Howland within half a mile of those coordinates. When years later, emulating Amelia's world flight, Ann Pellegreno used the latitude and longitude that Fred Noonan had used for Howland. She found they were correct."

			[[Randy Jacobson]] says, "For obvious reasons, Earhart’s strip map and navigational instructions for the trip to Howland are not available for inspection. However, charts for the same flight, prepared by Clarence Williams on February 9, 1937 but from the opposite direction, are now in the Special Collections archive at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. These show a great circle route representing the shortest distance, 2,556 statute miles (2,223 nm), between the two points, based upon 16 way points.1 Williams uses the position of 0°49′N, 176°43′W for Howland, the accepted position at the time, corresponding to 2219 nm along a great circle route. CDR W. N. Derby, USCG, commanding officer of the Itasca in 1935, had already sent a letter to the Naval Hydrographic Office detailing the latest, accurate, position for Howland as 0°50′30″N, 176°34′30″W.2 On Aug. 17, 1936, William Miller, in his 6th Equatorial Cruise Report, reported that a revised position of Howland was determined to be 0°48′6″N, 176°38′12″W.3 A copy of this cruise report was retained by Bill Miller for his office files, and he undoubtedly had access to this information when conferring with Earhart prior to her departure. Whether he gave her the latest position information for Howland is unknown. The distance from Lae to this revised, corrected, location for Howland is 2223 nm. The difference in positions for the various Howland locations are on the order of 5 nm, an insignificant amount should one come upon visual range of the island itself" [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/2ndattemptroute.html "The World Flight, Second Attempt: Intended Route to Howland").]

	== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==		== Plane wreckage on Howland Island (1944) ==

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	[[File:Howland and runways.png\|thumb\|<div align="center">''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 14.</div>]]		[[File:Howland and runways.png\|thumb\|<div align="center">''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 14.</div>]]

	[[Radio traffic about the Howland Island runways.]]		[[Radio traffic about the Howland Island runways]].

	; [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/2005Vol_21/2101.pdf "Losing Amelia: Kamakaiwi Field," pp. 10-22.]		; [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/2005Vol_21/2101.pdf "Losing Amelia: Kamakaiwi Field," pp. 10-22.]

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	== Construction of Kamakaiwi Field on Howland Island ==		== Construction of Kamakaiwi Field on Howland Island ==
	[[File:Howland and runways.png\|thumb\|<div align="center">''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 14.</div>]]		[[File:Howland and runways.png\|thumb\|<div align="center">''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 14.</div>]]

			[[Radio traffic about the Howland Island runways.]]

	; [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/2005Vol_21/2101.pdf "Losing Amelia: Kamakaiwi Field," pp. 10-22.]		; [http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/2005Vol_21/2101.pdf "Losing Amelia: Kamakaiwi Field," pp. 10-22.]