Archive for December 5th, 2021
NAVY FLIGHT 19 LOST ON THIS DAY IN 1945
At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising
Flight 19 took off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida
on a routine three-hour training mission. Flight 19 was scheduled to
take them due east for 120 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back
over a final 120-mile leg that would return them to the naval base.
They never returned.
Two hours after the flight began, the leader of the squadron, who
had been flying in the area for more than six months, reported that
his compass and back-up compass had failed and that his position
was unknown. The other planes experienced similar instrument malfunctions. Radio facilities on land were contacted to find the
location of the lost squadron, but none were successful. After two
more hours of confused messages from the fliers, a distorted radio transmission from the squadron leader was heard at 6:20 p.m., apparently calling for his men to prepare to ditch their aircraft simultaneously because of lack of fuel.
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FORMER GOP SENATOR HAS DIED AT 98
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021)
Longtime GOP Senator and Presidential candidate Bob Dole died
early Sunday morning in his sleep.
The Dole family issued a statement later saying America was
grieving the loss of "one of its heroes."
Condolences from both Republicans and Democrats alike commemorating his nearly four decades of service.have
been received.
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