Flight 19

one of the most well known incidents and probably the most famous on the Bermuda triangle is about the loss of a squadron of bombers to five TBM Avenger in the United States Navy. UU. during a training flight that left Fort Lauderdale (Florida) on December 5, 1945. According to the fantasy writer Charles Berlitz (1914-2003), the case was that several Naval Aviators simply disappeared after that to report strange Visual effects, a claim that is not completely accurate. In addition, Berlitz said that because the remains of the TBM Avenger flotarían for long periods of time, these should be found the next day considering that those days were quiet tide with clear sky. However, not only not could be found, but a plane in search and rescue of the Navy also sent was lost (the Martin Mariner had very bad reputation among pilots of the time because their fuel tanks inflamaban very easily; so a seen Flash shortly after take off the ship, could correspond to its explosion). Additionally, the intrigue was increased to know that the report of the accident of the Navy attributed it to 'causes or reasons unknown'.

While some facts of the Berlitz version are essentially accurate, does not describe some important details. The vision of an experienced squadron of pilots of combat losing in a sunny afternoon is inaccurate. For when the last flight 19 radio transmission was received, he had begun a stormy weather. Only the leader of flight, Lieutenant Charles Carroll Taylor, had combat experience and a time of significant flight, but at the same time had very little experience in this area in particular, smaller than the trainees under his service, Taylor was described as a calm and confident leader. Instead, flight 19 radio transmissions revealed a Taylor disoriented, with a lack of confidence in their decisions, and completely lost.

In addition, exaggerated claims established that all the aircraft had problems with their compasses. However, the Naval reports and written records of talks between Lieutenant Taylor and other pilots of flight 19 not indicated this. With regard to the report of the Navy, it was stated that the original report attributed the crash to the confusion of the flight commander. Lieutenant Taylor had previously left his ship on two occasions in the middle of the Pacific have been lost, to return to the carrier. However, the report was altered to portray another situation due to the wishes of his family.