About this episode
The episode explores the mysterious disappearance of Flight 19 during a training mission in 1945.
The year was 1945, and amid the bustling naval activity along the eastern coast of Florida, five Avenger torpedo bombers, known collectively as Flight 19, took off on a routine training mission. The pilots, led by Lieutenant Charles C. Taylor, were tasked with completing a navigation and bombing exercise known as "Navigation Problem No. 1." They were to fly east to practice a bombing run and head back to the airfield. The entire mission should have lasted just over two hours. But Flight 19 ne...
Topics covered
- aviation
- military history
- mystery
Keywords
- Flight 19
- Lieutenant Charles C. Taylor
- naval activity
- training mission
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Avenger, Flight 19
Places: Florida
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