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"Uncertain as to in what position lay the Peninsula of Florida": The Official Record and the Loss of Flight 19
Michael Wright, Joseph Ryan, 2017. Pieces of History, US National Archives blog, 16 October 2017.
Archivists at the National Archives at Fort Worth summarise the Navy's investigation records of Flight 19: five Avengers with 14 men, Navigation Problem No. 1 from Fort Lauderdale, departure 2:10 pm, Taylor's radio messages, the last transmission at 7:04 pm, the loss of a rescue aircraft with 13 men, and the Navy's findings of navigational error and, for the rescue aircraft, a faulty fuel system.
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The archival account of Flight 19 and its records.
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Wright, M., & Ryan, J. (2017). "Uncertain as to in what position lay the Peninsula of Florida": The Official Record and the Loss of Flight 19. Pieces of History, US National Archives blog, 16 October 2017. https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2017/10/16/uncertain-as-to-in-what-position-lay-the-peninsula-of-florida-the-official-record-and-the-loss-of-flight-19/
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Wright, Michael and Joseph Ryan. “"Uncertain as to in what position lay the Peninsula of Florida": The Official Record and the Loss of Flight 19.” Pieces of History, US National Archives blog, 16 October 2017 (2017).