Flight 19 - The Bermuda Triangle, UFOs, Alien Abduction, Time Warps, or Just a Case of Getting Lost?
Channel: Historic Wings
Date: 2021-04-24

The disappearance of Flight 19 in the Bermuda Triangle remains one of aviation's most mysterious events.  The loss has been blamed on everything from rogue waves, to UFOs, aliens, alien abductions, and methane gas explosions from the seafloor.  Check your disbelief at the door, because we're about to take a deep dive into the myth and reality of what really happened to Flight 19.

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http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/12/the-disappearance-of-flight-19/

CORRECTION:  Though the script and context makes clear that the winds were out of the west, somehow, I misstated, "out of the east".  Apologies.  Sadly, YouTube disallows amendments to videos once published.

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Names, Ranks, and Service of those Lost on Flight 19:

FT-28 - TBM-3D Avenger (BuNo 23307)
LT Charles Taylor, USNR (pilot)
AOM3 George Devlin, USNR
ARM3 Walter Parpart, USNR

FT-36 - TBM-1C Avenger (BuNo 46094)
CAPT Edward Powers, USMC (pilot)
SSgt. Howell Thompson, USMCR
Sgt. George Paonessa, USMC

FT-3 - TBM-1C (BuNo 45714)
ENS Joseph Bossi, USNR (pilot)
S1C Herman Thelander, USNR
S1C Burt Baluk, Jr., USNR

FT-117 - TBM-1C (BuNo 73209)
CAPT George Stivers, USMC (pilot)
Pvt. Robert Gruebel, USMCR
Sgt. Robert Gallivan, USMC

FT-81 - TBM-1C (BuNo 46325)
2ndLt. Forrest Gerber, USMCR (pilot)
PFC William Lightfoot, USMCR

PBM-5 (BuNo 59225)
Walter G. Jeffery, LTJG, USN
Harrie G. Cone, LTJG, USN
Roger M. Allen, ensign, USN
Lloyd A. Eliason, ensign, USN
Charles D. Arceneaux, ensign, USN
Robert C. Cameron, RM3, USN
Wiley D. Cargill, Sr., Seaman 1st, USN
James F. Jordan, ARM3, USN
John T. Menendez, AOM3, USN
Philip B. Neeman, Seaman 1st, USN
James F. Osterheld, AOM3, USN
Donald E. Peterson, AMM1, USN
Alfred J. Zywicki, Seaman 1st, USN

Thomas Van Hare has published over 450 articles on aviation history since 1997 at Historic Wings - http://www.historicwings.com/. He is an author, including along with Matt Lawrence, of the bestselling book, "Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & the Cuban Five", about the shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue in 1996. He serves as the Director of the Defense Technology Innovation Program LLC, a public-private partnership with the Pentagon that scouts, identifies, and brings breakthrough technologies for potential military use. He is a former three-time White House appointee working in foreign policy, national security, and defense, a former CEO of an airline and flew as a command pilot and mission director on search and rescue missions, saving over 3,000 lives.

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Story Research and Photo Credits:  US Air National Guard + NASA + Google Earth + US Coast Guard + Chino Surf + Columbia Pictures + Steven Spielberg + Jon Myhre, “Discovery of Flight 19: A 30-Year Search for the Lost Patrol in the Bermuda Triangle” + Andy Marocco, “Project Mariner” + Time and Date AS + Andrew Thurber, Oregon State University + National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Crown Research Institute + Geographical Magazine + US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration + Nico Wolf + Baltimorax + A. Chabchoub, N. Hoffmann, M. Onorato, and N. Akhmediev

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