On Dec. 5, 1945 — 80 years ago Friday — five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers took off from a Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on what was to be a three-hour training mission. The planes and ...
As America prepared for its first peacetime Christmas in five years, local airmen vanished on Flight 19 while other soldiers fought the Atlantic for a way home.
Eighty years ago, five planes vanished during a training run off the Florida coast. A patrol plane sent to search for the men went missing, too, giving rise to a host of conspiracy theories Francine ...
When it comes to aviation mysteries, they don't come much stranger than Flight 19. On December 5, 1945, a fleet of five U.S. Navy torpedo bomber planes carrying a total of 14 men took off from Fort ...
In December 1945, five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers lifted off from Fort Lauderdale for a routine training mission. Known as Flight 19, the squadron was expected back in two hours. Instead, ...
Title on cover of supplement: Discovery of Flight 19 : the greatest aviation mystery in America. Running title and sticker on cover: The lost airman of Flight 19. Supplement has same ISBN and UPC ...
The Bermuda Triangle, a notorious stretch of ocean between Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico, has been a source of intrigue and speculation for decades. Over 50 ships and 20 planes have vanished since ...