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Discovery of Flight 19
The story of a quarter of a century of research and analysis of Flight 19, the search and discovery of a TBM Avenger, and the raising of the aircraft to the surface. On December 5th of 1945, Flight 19 vanished off the Florida coastline, seemingly forever. The five Grumman TBM Avengers held 14 crew members on a training mission that went bad. Forty-five years later, Aviation Expert Jon F. Myhre discovered Flight 19 and brought an Avenger to the surface. This is the story of one man’s personal mission to bring these men home. Retrace the mission from land to sea and back. See how a TBM-1C was pulled from the sea floor and two crash sites were located on land. None of the men of Flight 19 died within the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Discovery of Flight 19 is the Greatest Aviation Mystery of America. 202 pages with 150 illustrations, 50 of which are unpublished.
202 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 3, 2012
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May 27, 2021
Of all the authors I have read on the subject of Flight-19 Myhre is the only one that I know of to put their knowledge of military operations and aviation practices to work actually looking for the planes.
This is more of a reference book and memoire describing his journey searching for the lost crews, explains his theories for locating the aircraft and how he arrived at those conclusions. It also details his unfortunate heart ache working with Project-19 and the US Navy to retrieve a TBM Avenger from the ocean floor only to have it yanked away by the Navy before a thorough investigation of the wreckage could be obtained.
It is an eye opening account of little talked about features of the Flight-19 story including the possible discovery of FT-81 in the wetlands of Sebastian Florida, the fact that the plotting of the Flight-19 'Fix' was overseen by a Woman- a big deal in 1945-and a recounting of a World War fighter ace who's plane over shot it's base by hundreds of miles because of high altitude winds.
All in all: the books references make it a great book for researchers as it has a prolific bibliography.
This is more of a reference book and memoire describing his journey searching for the lost crews, explains his theories for locating the aircraft and how he arrived at those conclusions. It also details his unfortunate heart ache working with Project-19 and the US Navy to retrieve a TBM Avenger from the ocean floor only to have it yanked away by the Navy before a thorough investigation of the wreckage could be obtained.
It is an eye opening account of little talked about features of the Flight-19 story including the possible discovery of FT-81 in the wetlands of Sebastian Florida, the fact that the plotting of the Flight-19 'Fix' was overseen by a Woman- a big deal in 1945-and a recounting of a World War fighter ace who's plane over shot it's base by hundreds of miles because of high altitude winds.
All in all: the books references make it a great book for researchers as it has a prolific bibliography.
March 30, 2014
Excellent history of Flight 19!
The book was full of information that keeps the search interesting. The only problem I had with the book - is on the Kindle, the print skips all over the place from page to page. Example: One paragraph had the first five lines on one page, might be continued two pages later, with a lot of unrelated text between the two. Aside from this, the book really makes you want to go hunt for some Avengers.
The book was full of information that keeps the search interesting. The only problem I had with the book - is on the Kindle, the print skips all over the place from page to page. Example: One paragraph had the first five lines on one page, might be continued two pages later, with a lot of unrelated text between the two. Aside from this, the book really makes you want to go hunt for some Avengers.
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