Lae Airfield crane above the aircraft. The Lae airport is probably best remembered for being the point of departure in July 1937 for Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan on their flight to Howland Island. Earhart's plane disappeared near Howland Island some 19 hours after departing Lae airport. Lae Airfield Lae Airfield is a former World War II airfield and later, civilian airport located at Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The airport was closed in the 1980s, in favour of Lae Nadzab Airport, which was able to accommodate larger jet aircraft. The airport was known as Lae Drome or Lae Aerodrome
Tommy Noonan (1944). After serving in the U.S. Navy, Noonan made his film debut in "George White's Scandals" (1945). He teamed with Peter Marshall to form a comedy team in the late 1940s. The team's performances were limited because they continued their individual careers, "working together only when both were available at the same time". Working as Noonan and Marshall, they appeared on television, nightclubs, and in the films "Starlift" (1951), "FBI Girl" (1951) (in a brief appearance), "The Rookie" (1959), and "Swingin' Along" (1962). The duo went their separate ways after the release of "Swingin' Along". In 1953, Noonan appeared in