Flight 19 Part 1

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BACKGROUND

The fate of a US Naval training flight, designated as “Flight 19”
remains one of the American military’s most enduring mysteries,
but also one of the signature stories from the legendary region
known as “The Bermuda Triangle.” On December 5, 1945, a squadron
of five Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers departed Naval Air
Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 2:10 p.m. on what should have
been a routine overwater navigation training exercise. After
successfully completing their practice bombing runs and some
course change maneuvers, the formation radioed that they were not
sure of their location or heading. Several hours later it was
clear that the squadron was lost and their situation was dire.
Flight instructor Lt. Charles Taylor, USN would make his last
transmission around this time and it would be the last he and his
13 airmen would ever be heard from again. A rescue operation was
launched, but it too would suffer a terrible tragedy. Was this
merely a series of unfortunate but explainable errors and Flight
19 simply fell victim to the natural danger of the sea, or would
they be claimed by the purported treachery of the Bermuda
Triangle?

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Credits:

Episode 65 - "Flight 19 (Part 1)" 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.