On Dec. 5, 1945 — 80 years ago Friday — five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers took off from a Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on what was to be a three-hour training mission. The planes and ...

When it comes to aviation mysteries, they don't come much stranger than Flight 19. On December 5, 1945, a fleet of five U.S. Navy torpedo bomber planes carrying a total of 14 men took off from Fort ...

As America prepared for its first peacetime Christmas in five years, local airmen vanished on Flight 19 while other soldiers fought the Atlantic for a way home.

In December 1945, five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers lifted off from Fort Lauderdale for a routine training mission. Known as Flight 19, the squadron was expected back in two hours. Instead, ...

Title on cover of supplement: Discovery of Flight 19 : the greatest aviation mystery in America. Running title and sticker on cover: The lost airman of Flight 19. Supplement has same ISBN and UPC ...