The Bermuda Triangle: The Secret History of Flight 19

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🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Located off the coast of Florida, Puerto Rico, and its namesake Bermuda - the mysterious Bermuda Triangle is an urban myth that's risen in popularity over the decades. But how come so many planes and boats disappear in this region - and what makes Flight 19 so special? In December 1945, at the end of the Second World War, 5 bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale in a routine navigational training exercise. But these bombers, along with the crew members inside them, would never be seen again. So what happened to Flight 19 and its men?

In this episode James is joined by historian David O'Keefe to help unravel this historical mystery. David put together an expert team to go out into the Triangle to see if they could recover any of the wreckage - but what did they actually find? And how did NASA and the President of the United States end up being involved?

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0:00.0	At 2 p.m. on December 5th, 1945, five US torpedo bombers departed Fort Lauderdale in Florida in the United States.
0:11.0	Designated Flight 19 because they were the 19th flight of the day, their purpose was simple.
0:16.5	The Second World War was over, so it was just a routine navigational training flight, home by dinner. But these aircraft and the men inside them would never make it home.
0:26.8	In fact, they would never be seen again. So what happened to the men of Flight 19?
0:32.8	I'm your host James Rogers and to help us find out, I've invited David O'Keefe back
0:37.1	onto the podcast.
0:38.5	You'll know David from his work on Diet and his many books including seven days in hell.
0:43.6	But the mystery of flight 19 intrigued him so much
0:47.1	that he put together an expert team
0:48.8	to go out and find the wreckage.
0:51.4	There was just one issue. The aircraft came down in the infamous Bermuda triangle.
0:56.3	And as you'll hear, what David and the team found next was simply unbelievable.
1:02.1	Enjoy.
1:03.0	Hi David, great to have you back on the podcast. How you doing?
1:12.0	Good, good, how are you? Love, love being back. This was great.
1:15.6	Yeah, well, no, it's good to have you on and every time we have you on, we're usually talking
1:20.3	about an anniversary or a new take on your core area of research which is the Deep raid of August
1:27.6	1942 that disastrous raid but we're mixing things up a little today on the warfare podcast because I think one of the best things about being a military historian is that your research can take you into some pretty strange and unforeseen directions.
1:43.6	And I guess it's with that weird word of strange in mind
1:47.6	that I want you to tell us a little bit about your latest work
1:50.2	on the Bermuda Triangle.
1:52.4	In fact, maybe start with telling us what the Bumuda triangle actually is.
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