| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 05, 1945 |
| Time: | 2000 |
| Location: | Off the Florida coast |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Navy |
| Flight #: | 19 |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Five Grumman TBM Avengers |
| Registration: | ? |
| cn / ln: | ? |
| Aboard: | 14 (passengers:0 crew:14) |
| Fatalities: | 14 (passengers:0 crew:14) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The five aircraft, (23307) (73209) (46325) (46094) (45714), flying out of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, on a training mission, became lost, ran out of fuel and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. No trace of the planes were ever found. This was the incident that began the "Bermuda Triangle" legend. |
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