Beware! Flight-19 Depth Perception will blow your mind! Alright, let me qualify that statement. If you are savvy and already familiar with the disappearance of the 1945 flight of missing Navy torpedo bombers than this book will make you re-evaluate and challenge all that you perceive as fact. Though the author relies mainly on secondary… Continue reading Review of “Flight-19 Depth Perception” by Michelle Lemburg.
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Review of “The Real Story of Flight-19”
The author Steve MacGregor sets out to outline his research into the mystery of the Flight-19 disappearance in a logical manner. He is quite successful at explaining the rudimentary timeline and his theory on the happenstance of both the TBM Avenger aircraft and one of the PBM rescue planes sent to find them. However,… Continue reading Review of “The Real Story of Flight-19”
Ft. Lauderdale or Bust!
To all my followers! Yes, all 8 of you. Here's my conundrum. I will shortly be becoming a Grand father not once but twice in the next several months. Thank you, thank you!! I am as you can imagine very excited. But that's not the problem. I need to get to Ft. Lauderdale to research… Continue reading Ft. Lauderdale or Bust!
DECEMBER 5TH, 1945 MEMORIAL | A day that lives in Infamy!
Alongside December 7th, 1942, December 5th, 1945 is also a day that will forever be remembered infamously. Why is that you ask? Because it too was a day of great loss; another senseless tragedy for the country. We remember on that day 72 years ago when 14; World War II veterans; naval aviators and crew,… Continue reading DECEMBER 5TH, 1945 MEMORIAL | A day that lives in Infamy!
PIN THE TAIL ON THE .50 CAL |Tracking a machine gun.
Can you identify this mount?
THE NAVY I.G. & JAG 1945: Protocol & Politics!
"Prior to 1946 there was no Navy JAG and in 1945 the Navy I.G was in its infancy."
DOWN WITH THE SHIP: Questioning the political back drop of the Flight-19 Board of Inquiry Investigation.
But to see the complexity and possible subterfuge involved in the decision to admonish Taylor, one needs to look at the larger scope of the political landscape during the proceedings late in 1945?
C.C. Taylor and Possible PTSD?
Is it possible that Lt. Charles C.Taylor could have been suffering some kind of medical malady while leading the Flight-19 training mission on December 5th, 1945? It is a plausible theory. One that needs to be considered. Weather or not he was suffering from the after effects of a late night on the town, or… Continue reading C.C. Taylor and Possible PTSD?
Ship Deck Logs & Radar
CVE-67 Escort Carrier 1941-1946 3 November 2016 As leader of the research group my plan was to search specifically for the deck logs of the USS Solomons CVE-67 from the December 1945 time frame.(Pic 1) We were successful in finding it and those of the ships in formation with it during the search for the… Continue reading Ship Deck Logs & Radar
Special List #44, World War II Vessels
In brief this list (special list #44) is essential to finding any deck logs from naval vessels during the World War II time frame. The book itself is over 100 pages long which explains why only a small portion is visible online. It would take a heck of a large PDF file to provide the information.… Continue reading Special List #44, World War II Vessels
