Lockheed 10-E Electra NR16020: photo
The aircraft itself is the evidence every search looks for: its engines and structure carried serial numbers. The photographs below record how it looked in 1937, against which claimed wreckage (such as the 2-2-V-1 panel) is compared.
Smithsonian Institution (photographer not recorded), 1937. Public domain
Copies 6
PhotoSmithsonian Institution (photographer not recorded) · commons.wikimedia.org · 1937 · Public domain (per Commons; from NASA's Great Images in NASA collection)1 step from the original
PictureSmithsonian Institution · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (per Commons; from NASA's Great Images in NASA collection)1 step from the original
PhotoUnderwood & Underwood · commons.wikimedia.org · 1937-03 · Public domain (per Commons)1 step from the original
Photounknown (from Purdue University Libraries' Earhart papers) · commons.wikimedia.org · 1937-06-28 · Public domain (US, copyright not renewed, per Commons)1 step from the original
PictureUnderwood & Underwood · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (per Commons)1 step from the original
PictureUnknown author · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US, copyright not renewed, per Commons)1 step from the original
Where it was made
Howland Island · Island
Sources 1
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Lockheed 10-E Electra NR16020 [Artifact ART0CYPN6P40Y78]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CYPN6P40Y78
@misc{mysteriesdept_art0cypn6p40y78,
title = {Lockheed 10-E Electra NR16020},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Artifact, catalog key ART0CYPN6P40Y78},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CYPN6P40Y78}
}