Flight 19 Part 2

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BACKGROUND

At approximately 6:00 p.m. on 5 December 1945, an HF/DF signal
fix was obtained for Flight 19, placing its location somewhere
within a 100-mile radius off the east coast of Florida, but that
would be the last trace of the squadron's existence. It
wouldn't be the last tragedy of this story. Around 7:27
p.m., two Martin Mariner rescue planes were launched from NAS
Banana River, FL to conduct a search. Three minutes later,
one of the planes, PBM-5 "Squadron Training No. 49" would send
its "out report" over the radio, but it too would never be heard
from again. About 20 minutes later, a tanker cruising in
the area, the SS Gaines Mills would report seeing an apparent
explosion, with flames leaping 100 feet high and lasting for 10
minutes in the vicinity of where PBM-5 should have been.
The ship would search for survivors or floating wreckage but
would find only a pool of oil and it is believed all 13 crew
members aboard PBM-5 perished in that explosion. At least
with PBM-5, there is a likely explanation of their fate but with
Flight 19, to this day there is none to be had. The
lingering question may sound simplistic, but it can be put before
every speculative answer ranging from the commonplace to the
paranormal -- "Where did they go?"

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Credits: Episode 66 - "Flight 19 (Part 2)" Produced by Scott
Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees;
Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle
and the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The
Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2017
Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.