It stressed, essentially, that we Americans had more in common with them, with Germans, than we had with our allies who Germany at that moment was busy invading and conquering. 
48, USS Canberra CA70 War Damage Report No. In a letter sent to the Senator's widow, the Attorney General wrote that law enforcement officials were on that plane with the Senator by pure coincidence.. Turn on your emergency IFF gear, or do you have it on? (Ed. WebThe communications between Flight 19, Flight 74, and NAS Lauderdale were recorded and transcribed. He tells the story to everyone who is interested! It didnt mention anything about the Bermuda Triangle, that is a big mistake!! The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Carla R. Morrisey, RN, BSN, Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy, Philadelphia, Nurses, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Telling him the whole thing was, quote, "a witch hunt". He was sworn-in to his first term in the House of Representatives in 1917, just a month before Congress took a very fateful vote on whether the U.S. would enter World War I. Lundeen, again, just a month into his first term in congress, he voted no. 01-Mar-2023. Last seen at 04:39PM -04 near Acarigua, Venezuela. Neither the planes nor the crew were ever seen again. 1918 Influenza by Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander of Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, 1917-1919. Maddow: After the crash of Trip 19, Senator Ernest Lundeen was given a state funeral in Minnesota. The light red flightpath indicates possible positions between first turn and HF/DF radio triangulation at 17:50. The Radio Transcript A review of the records reveals that a transcript of radio communications was taken. The flight path was a triangle that would have them flying east, doing a practice bombing run and then proceeding east straight out into the empty seas. 57, Wartime Diversion of US Navy Forces in Response to Public Demands for Augmented Coastal Defense-CNA, Wartime Instructions for United States Merchant Vessels 1942, Washington Navy Yard: History of the Naval Gun Factory, 1883-1939, Washington Navy Yard - Pay Roll of Mechanics and Labourers, c1819-1820, WAVE QUARTERS D STATION RULES FOR LIFE AT D, [UPDATED] Washington Navy Yard Station Log November 1822 - December 1889, The Story Behind Names of Different Ranks, History of Warrant Officers in the US Navy, Women's Uniform Regulations, Yeoman (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1918, Women's Winter Uniform Regulations, Yeoman (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1919, World War I British and German Naval Messages (1918), World War II Invasion of Normandy 1944 Interrogation of Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmetzer, Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China, Z-grams: A List of Policy Directives Issued by Admiral Zumwalt. Flight 19 was a United States Navy training mission that disappeared in 1945 within the Bermuda Triangle, forming one of the central parts in the Bermuda Triangle mythology. In other words, within 100 miles of a point that is essentially 120 miles due east of Daytona Beach. 01-Mar-2023. At this time, the weather at Palm Beach, which was roughly on a line of where they would have been, had turned stormy, which made sighting the land even more difficult. Efforts were made immediately to contact flight by radio and to direct them to fly a course of 270 degrees or into sun. 135 (1911) Definitions of Well-known Naval Terms, General Order No. Its complement of five Grumman Avenger bombers, crewed by fourteen airmen, were lost at sea on 5 December 1945 after losing their bearings. 250 (1880) Establishment of the Office of Judge Advocate General of the Navy, General Order No. 2 Appendix, Main Navy Building: Its Construction and Original Occupants, Manual of Information Concerning Employments for the Panama Canal Service, Master File Drawings of German Naval Vessels, Matthew Fontaine Maury: Benefactor of Mankind, Mers-el-Kebir Port Instructions for Merchant Vessels [1942], Midway in Retrospect: The Still Under Appreciated Victory, Midways Operational Lesson: The Need For More Carriers, Military Service Records and Unit Histories, Miscellaneous Actions in the South Pacific, More Bang for the Buck: U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Missile Development 1945-1965, Naming of Streets, Facilities and Areas On Naval Installations, Narrative of Captain W.S. He's got tears streaming down his face, but all he'll say to her is, I can't talk about it, and, I've gone too far to turn back. She doesn't know what this means. The reason for him to be concerned was that there was a good chance the feds were onto him, onto his relationship with that Nazi agent. Radio Announcer: Instead of the program originally scheduled for this time, we bring you a talk by Senator Ernest Lundeen. 
WebThe communications between Flight 19, Flight 74, and NAS Lauderdale were recorded and transcribed. He pressed his case on the radio, and on the senate floor, and at home with his constituents. GEN NATURE E-2 RECOMMENDATIONS: Added emphasis is being placed on SPEC TYPE ACC (6) LOST-FUEL EXHAUSTION importance of proper navigation & lost plane procedure. By Thomas Van Hare. 41, USS O'Brien DD415 War Damage Report No. On review, it seems likely that the loss of Flight 19 was more an issue of a command failure than one of little green men. Reason? I (part I), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a routine navigational training flight with Lt. Charles C. Taylor acting as the flight's leader. Because the Justice Department's own prosecutors would soon reveal, in court, voluminous evidence they had in fact collected about Senator Lundeen. WebFlight 19 turned and began to make its way toward the second leg of its exercise, and things took a turn for the strange. Maddow: So, the Senator seems to have been in a near-panic about being exposed in the days leading up to him stepping on board that flight a flight in which he, quite literally, was carrying a speech that was written for him by a Nazi agent who had just been exposed in the press. 
Much of the information in media accounts has been altered to support the myth. Archival radio material is from NBC News, via our beloved Library of Congress, with additional sound from CBS News. Theres a note pinned to the front describing how the pages of the speech were found 100 yards away from the epicenter of the plane crash site. They let him out of the cold car. Radio Reporter: In this country now, in the nations capitol at Washington. 
He's crying. But another thing that Drew Pearson was definitely right about in his reporting was his prediction that the Justice Department was going to deny that Senator Lundeen was under investigation. Hart: You can imagine how this strikes the country, that this man who had been seen already as an outspoken anti-war figure, allegations already circulating that he might be pro-German, if not pro-Nazi, has suddenly died dramatically. Thus, had the flight leader flown west for 30 minutes, as noted above, they would have hit land. The flight leader was first heard in conversation with members of his flight, discussing that they were lost somewhere off the Florida coast. Maddow: Just as the journalist Drew Pearson predicted, the cause of the crash of Trip 19 has remained a mystery, indefinitely. One of the most oft-discussed and mysterious vanishings of aircraft revolve around the enigmatic Flight 19, in 1945. WebAt approx 1600, radio messages THOMPSON, HOWELL O SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A that led us to believe flight was lost in vicinity of PAONESSA, GEORGE R SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A Bahama Islands. Violence against government targets. Historic Wings is pleased to present our daily story celebrating what happened today in aviation history. Fort Lauderdale is 20 miles further, your first port after Miami. Flannery: I think that the coincidence defies the probabilities, Lundeen: Reason? Radio Announcer: Youre about to hear an address delivered before a meeting of the America First Committee in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Senator's secretary stays to make sure that hes safely boarded the plane and then she leaves to drive back to D.C. Then as she makes it back to the Capitol, the news comes through. 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This really was a different kind of speech. There was that official government report on the crash, which, frankly, left many more questions than it answered. Senator Ernest Lundeen reported killed today in the crash of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane. Some of the passengers were locked in a struggle of some kind. Hart: I do think that some of the members of Congress who were involved probably didnt know how deep they were in it. 541 (1920) Standard Nomemclature for Naval Vessels, General Order No. We certainly don't know if something weird happening between the passengers somehow brought the plane down. Maddow: Sitting Senators just dont drop dead on a regular basis. He was about 15 at the time. -. The tragic, mysterious crash of a commercial airliner in the summer of 1940 left a scene of devastation in rural Virginia -- and a series of unanswered questions. Flannery: I think that the coincidence defies the probabilities. He had about 2,500 hours total time, but he was new to the command, even if he had previously been based in Miami and flown over the Florida Keys. The disappearance began the modern myth of the Bermuda Triangle. 1, War Damage Report No. The group Archival support from Holly Klopchin. The communications between NAS Banana River and Training 49 were also transcribed. Modern pilots are taught to recognize the Error Chain end things before they proceed to an accident. Maddow: It's Saturday, August 31st, 1940. In the wake of the loss, the US Navy followed regular procedure and undertook not a lone search and rescue flight, but rather a massive search effort involving hundreds of aircraft and ships that were immediately dispatched offshore. Our Technical Director is Bryson Barnes. Information in Relation to the Naval Protection Afforded to The Commerce of the United States in the West India Islands, &c. &c. 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Young: This group of people, if they were anything first, it was their own political success and careers first. Much of the information in media accounts has been altered to support the myth. At this point, FT-74s transmitter went off line when the battery ran low. Flannery: There was reportedly a scuffle, whatever that means. Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a routine navigational training flight with Lt. Charles C. Taylor acting as the flight's leader. comments: There was no response but additional radio communications were overheard as the flight leader, FT-28, asked the other aircraft in Flight 19 for ideas. Young: There has been speculation that perhaps the flight was tampered with Lundeen: We are being urged on by insane hysteria. That investigation found that while there was bad weather there was thunder and lightning and some heavy rainfall in the area there was nothing so unusual about the storm that the plane shouldn't have been cleared to fly. Just a few months after he lost his seat in Congress. WebAt approx 1600, radio messages THOMPSON, HOWELL O SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A that led us to believe flight was lost in vicinity of PAONESSA, GEORGE R SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A Bahama Islands. Historic Wings is pleased to present our feature stories celebrating great events and stories in aviation history. We seem to be bereft of reason. What could have been happening on board the plane that made her know the plane was "going down?. Results negative. A plot to end it. And although he certainly wasn't alone in that vote, it was a controversial vote. Approx 1600, radio messages were DOULIN, G.F., AOM3C USNR MISSING A intercepted that led us to believe that this flight PARPART, W. H., ARM3C USNR MISSING A was lost in the vicinity of Bahama Is. That is of the opinion of others who flew the TBM Avenger in that era, who note that it didnt float for very long. TBM-1C 46325 USED Results negative. Somewhere far out of sight of the coast, the five aircraft of Flight 19 ran low of fuel and chose to ditch together into the heavy seas of the open Atlantic, perhaps 200 or more miles out to sea. And Senator Lundeen knew it. This episode was written by myself, Mike Yarvitz, and Kelsey Desiderio. He lives about 10 minutes from where the plane went down. His secretary asks him what's wrong, he won't explain. 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And the mystery of what caused that crash, that mystery has endured. On a sunny day 58 years ago, five Navy planes took off from their base in Florida on a routine training mission, known as Flight 19. Now, of course, there were no survivors of the crash to tell anyone anything about what had happened on board the plane. We pick up the first messages to and from the lead aircraft, going by the call sign Fox Tare Two Eight (FT-28). He didn't ever try to get money for it. The tears streaming down his face, his comment to her that hed gone too far and he couldnt turn back. [CinCPOA Bulletin 93-45, 1945], The Diary of Michael Shiner Relating to the History of the Washington Navy Yard 1813-1869, Digest Catalogue of Laws and Joint Resolutions: The Navy and the World War, Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Carl Maxie Brashear, USN (Ret. 
The Radio Transcript A review of the records reveals that a transcript of radio communications was taken. We still don't know. Maddow: Among all the strange circumstances surrounding this crash, there was also a note. Its complement of five Grumman Avenger bombers, crewed by fourteen airmen, were lost at sea on 5 December 1945 after losing their bearings. Only the flight leader,Lieutenant C. C. Taylor, USNR, was experienced. 4 h 55 m UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN PREVIOUS ACCIDENT RECORD INJURIES TO PILOT Pilot was member of scheduled, routine, day navigation MISSING A flight which took off from NAS FT LAUDERDALE FL NAME AND RANK OF OTHER PERSONNEL INJ 5 DEC 1945 at 1408. Among the dozens of people killed was a sitting U.S. senator. He, he sort of refuses to support the war effort. Your email address will not be published. The group 129 (1903) Surplus Provisions, General Order No. The Riddle of Flight 19 The 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed. Nancy Beck Young: He was on the run for not only his political life, but his actual life. Radio Announcer: This is the National Broadcasting Company. He says, quote, "Justice Department agents were attempting to find out the extent to which Berlin was definitely hooked up with any members of [Congress] when Lundeen's plane crashed. The four student pilots had compiled approximately 60 The winds would have blown them further east, away from land, while the currents of Gulf Stream would have carried them northeast and out into the central Atlantic. Alabama by U.S.S. 
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48, USS Canberra CA70 War Damage Report No. In a letter sent to the Senator's widow, the Attorney General wrote that law enforcement officials were on that plane with the Senator by pure coincidence.. Turn on your emergency IFF gear, or do you have it on? (Ed. WebThe communications between Flight 19, Flight 74, and NAS Lauderdale were recorded and transcribed. He tells the story to everyone who is interested! It didnt mention anything about the Bermuda Triangle, that is a big mistake!! The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Carla R. Morrisey, RN, BSN, Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy, Philadelphia, Nurses, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Telling him the whole thing was, quote, "a witch hunt". He was sworn-in to his first term in the House of Representatives in 1917, just a month before Congress took a very fateful vote on whether the U.S. would enter World War I. Lundeen, again, just a month into his first term in congress, he voted no. 01-Mar-2023. Last seen at 04:39PM -04 near Acarigua, Venezuela. Neither the planes nor the crew were ever seen again. 1918 Influenza by Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander of Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, 1917-1919. Maddow: After the crash of Trip 19, Senator Ernest Lundeen was given a state funeral in Minnesota. The light red flightpath indicates possible positions between first turn and HF/DF radio triangulation at 17:50. The Radio Transcript A review of the records reveals that a transcript of radio communications was taken. The flight path was a triangle that would have them flying east, doing a practice bombing run and then proceeding east straight out into the empty seas. 57, Wartime Diversion of US Navy Forces in Response to Public Demands for Augmented Coastal Defense-CNA, Wartime Instructions for United States Merchant Vessels 1942, Washington Navy Yard: History of the Naval Gun Factory, 1883-1939, Washington Navy Yard - Pay Roll of Mechanics and Labourers, c1819-1820, WAVE QUARTERS D STATION RULES FOR LIFE AT D, [UPDATED] Washington Navy Yard Station Log November 1822 - December 1889, The Story Behind Names of Different Ranks, History of Warrant Officers in the US Navy, Women's Uniform Regulations, Yeoman (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1918, Women's Winter Uniform Regulations, Yeoman (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1919, World War I British and German Naval Messages (1918), World War II Invasion of Normandy 1944 Interrogation of Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmetzer, Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China, Z-grams: A List of Policy Directives Issued by Admiral Zumwalt. Flight 19 was a United States Navy training mission that disappeared in 1945 within the Bermuda Triangle, forming one of the central parts in the Bermuda Triangle mythology. In other words, within 100 miles of a point that is essentially 120 miles due east of Daytona Beach. 01-Mar-2023. At this time, the weather at Palm Beach, which was roughly on a line of where they would have been, had turned stormy, which made sighting the land even more difficult. Efforts were made immediately to contact flight by radio and to direct them to fly a course of 270 degrees or into sun. 135 (1911) Definitions of Well-known Naval Terms, General Order No. Its complement of five Grumman Avenger bombers, crewed by fourteen airmen, were lost at sea on 5 December 1945 after losing their bearings. 250 (1880) Establishment of the Office of Judge Advocate General of the Navy, General Order No. 2 Appendix, Main Navy Building: Its Construction and Original Occupants, Manual of Information Concerning Employments for the Panama Canal Service, Master File Drawings of German Naval Vessels, Matthew Fontaine Maury: Benefactor of Mankind, Mers-el-Kebir Port Instructions for Merchant Vessels [1942], Midway in Retrospect: The Still Under Appreciated Victory, Midways Operational Lesson: The Need For More Carriers, Military Service Records and Unit Histories, Miscellaneous Actions in the South Pacific, More Bang for the Buck: U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Missile Development 1945-1965, Naming of Streets, Facilities and Areas On Naval Installations, Narrative of Captain W.S. He's got tears streaming down his face, but all he'll say to her is, I can't talk about it, and, I've gone too far to turn back. She doesn't know what this means. The reason for him to be concerned was that there was a good chance the feds were onto him, onto his relationship with that Nazi agent. Radio Announcer: Instead of the program originally scheduled for this time, we bring you a talk by Senator Ernest Lundeen. WebThe communications between Flight 19, Flight 74, and NAS Lauderdale were recorded and transcribed. He pressed his case on the radio, and on the senate floor, and at home with his constituents. GEN NATURE E-2 RECOMMENDATIONS: Added emphasis is being placed on SPEC TYPE ACC (6) LOST-FUEL EXHAUSTION importance of proper navigation & lost plane procedure. By Thomas Van Hare. 41, USS O'Brien DD415 War Damage Report No. On review, it seems likely that the loss of Flight 19 was more an issue of a command failure than one of little green men. Reason? I (part I), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a routine navigational training flight with Lt. Charles C. Taylor acting as the flight's leader. Because the Justice Department's own prosecutors would soon reveal, in court, voluminous evidence they had in fact collected about Senator Lundeen. WebFlight 19 turned and began to make its way toward the second leg of its exercise, and things took a turn for the strange. Maddow: So, the Senator seems to have been in a near-panic about being exposed in the days leading up to him stepping on board that flight a flight in which he, quite literally, was carrying a speech that was written for him by a Nazi agent who had just been exposed in the press. He's crying. But another thing that Drew Pearson was definitely right about in his reporting was his prediction that the Justice Department was going to deny that Senator Lundeen was under investigation. Hart: You can imagine how this strikes the country, that this man who had been seen already as an outspoken anti-war figure, allegations already circulating that he might be pro-German, if not pro-Nazi, has suddenly died dramatically. Thus, had the flight leader flown west for 30 minutes, as noted above, they would have hit land. The flight leader was first heard in conversation with members of his flight, discussing that they were lost somewhere off the Florida coast. Maddow: Just as the journalist Drew Pearson predicted, the cause of the crash of Trip 19 has remained a mystery, indefinitely. One of the most oft-discussed and mysterious vanishings of aircraft revolve around the enigmatic Flight 19, in 1945. WebAt approx 1600, radio messages THOMPSON, HOWELL O SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A that led us to believe flight was lost in vicinity of PAONESSA, GEORGE R SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A Bahama Islands. Violence against government targets. Historic Wings is pleased to present our daily story celebrating what happened today in aviation history. Fort Lauderdale is 20 miles further, your first port after Miami. Flannery: I think that the coincidence defies the probabilities, Lundeen: Reason? Radio Announcer: Youre about to hear an address delivered before a meeting of the America First Committee in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Senator's secretary stays to make sure that hes safely boarded the plane and then she leaves to drive back to D.C. Then as she makes it back to the Capitol, the news comes through. 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This really was a different kind of speech. There was that official government report on the crash, which, frankly, left many more questions than it answered. Senator Ernest Lundeen reported killed today in the crash of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane. Some of the passengers were locked in a struggle of some kind. Hart: I do think that some of the members of Congress who were involved probably didnt know how deep they were in it. 541 (1920) Standard Nomemclature for Naval Vessels, General Order No. We certainly don't know if something weird happening between the passengers somehow brought the plane down. Maddow: Sitting Senators just dont drop dead on a regular basis. He was about 15 at the time. -. The tragic, mysterious crash of a commercial airliner in the summer of 1940 left a scene of devastation in rural Virginia -- and a series of unanswered questions. Flannery: I think that the coincidence defies the probabilities. He had about 2,500 hours total time, but he was new to the command, even if he had previously been based in Miami and flown over the Florida Keys. The disappearance began the modern myth of the Bermuda Triangle. 1, War Damage Report No. The group Archival support from Holly Klopchin. The communications between NAS Banana River and Training 49 were also transcribed. Modern pilots are taught to recognize the Error Chain end things before they proceed to an accident. Maddow: It's Saturday, August 31st, 1940. In the wake of the loss, the US Navy followed regular procedure and undertook not a lone search and rescue flight, but rather a massive search effort involving hundreds of aircraft and ships that were immediately dispatched offshore. Our Technical Director is Bryson Barnes. Information in Relation to the Naval Protection Afforded to The Commerce of the United States in the West India Islands, &c. &c. 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Young: This group of people, if they were anything first, it was their own political success and careers first. Much of the information in media accounts has been altered to support the myth. At this point, FT-74s transmitter went off line when the battery ran low. Flannery: There was reportedly a scuffle, whatever that means. Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a routine navigational training flight with Lt. Charles C. Taylor acting as the flight's leader. comments: There was no response but additional radio communications were overheard as the flight leader, FT-28, asked the other aircraft in Flight 19 for ideas. Young: There has been speculation that perhaps the flight was tampered with Lundeen: We are being urged on by insane hysteria. That investigation found that while there was bad weather there was thunder and lightning and some heavy rainfall in the area there was nothing so unusual about the storm that the plane shouldn't have been cleared to fly. Just a few months after he lost his seat in Congress. WebAt approx 1600, radio messages THOMPSON, HOWELL O SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A that led us to believe flight was lost in vicinity of PAONESSA, GEORGE R SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A Bahama Islands. Historic Wings is pleased to present our feature stories celebrating great events and stories in aviation history. We seem to be bereft of reason. What could have been happening on board the plane that made her know the plane was "going down?. Results negative. A plot to end it. And although he certainly wasn't alone in that vote, it was a controversial vote. Approx 1600, radio messages were DOULIN, G.F., AOM3C USNR MISSING A intercepted that led us to believe that this flight PARPART, W. H., ARM3C USNR MISSING A was lost in the vicinity of Bahama Is. That is of the opinion of others who flew the TBM Avenger in that era, who note that it didnt float for very long. TBM-1C 46325 USED Results negative. Somewhere far out of sight of the coast, the five aircraft of Flight 19 ran low of fuel and chose to ditch together into the heavy seas of the open Atlantic, perhaps 200 or more miles out to sea. And Senator Lundeen knew it. This episode was written by myself, Mike Yarvitz, and Kelsey Desiderio. He lives about 10 minutes from where the plane went down. His secretary asks him what's wrong, he won't explain. 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And the mystery of what caused that crash, that mystery has endured. On a sunny day 58 years ago, five Navy planes took off from their base in Florida on a routine training mission, known as Flight 19. Now, of course, there were no survivors of the crash to tell anyone anything about what had happened on board the plane. We pick up the first messages to and from the lead aircraft, going by the call sign Fox Tare Two Eight (FT-28). He didn't ever try to get money for it. The tears streaming down his face, his comment to her that hed gone too far and he couldnt turn back. [CinCPOA Bulletin 93-45, 1945], The Diary of Michael Shiner Relating to the History of the Washington Navy Yard 1813-1869, Digest Catalogue of Laws and Joint Resolutions: The Navy and the World War, Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Carl Maxie Brashear, USN (Ret. The Radio Transcript A review of the records reveals that a transcript of radio communications was taken. We still don't know. Maddow: Among all the strange circumstances surrounding this crash, there was also a note. Its complement of five Grumman Avenger bombers, crewed by fourteen airmen, were lost at sea on 5 December 1945 after losing their bearings. Only the flight leader,Lieutenant C. C. Taylor, USNR, was experienced. 4 h 55 m UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN PREVIOUS ACCIDENT RECORD INJURIES TO PILOT Pilot was member of scheduled, routine, day navigation MISSING A flight which took off from NAS FT LAUDERDALE FL NAME AND RANK OF OTHER PERSONNEL INJ 5 DEC 1945 at 1408. Among the dozens of people killed was a sitting U.S. senator. He, he sort of refuses to support the war effort. Your email address will not be published. The group 129 (1903) Surplus Provisions, General Order No. The Riddle of Flight 19 The 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed. Nancy Beck Young: He was on the run for not only his political life, but his actual life. 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