# Wright 2017: "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. 15 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The archival account of Flight 19 and its records. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D666RS65P8P/uncertain-as-to-in-what-position-lay-the-peninsula-of Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Bermuda Triangle](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle)Wright 2017 **0** # "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. **Bermuda Triangle** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The archival account of Flight 19 and its records. ## Cited by on this site 15 records [The flight leader lost his position, the flight ran out of fuel and ditched at night in rough seas; the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/answers/ANS0D6677XJ00G4/the-flight-leader-lost-his-position-the-flight-ran-out-of) Answer ANS [Chart of Navigation Problem No. 1, Flight 19's briefed route (1945)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/artifacts/ART0D667FFR1N6W/chart-of-navigation-problem-no-1-flight-19s-briefed-route) ART [Navy investigation records of the loss of Flight 19 and Training 49](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/artifacts/ART0D667E0W791Q/navy-investigation-records-of-the-loss-of-flight-19-and) ART [Flight 19 was lost after its leader misjudged its position.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D667C2C3ZCC/flight-19-was-lost-after-its-leader-misjudged-its-position) Evidence EVD [Flight 19's records show a navigation failure, fuel exhaustion and a night ditching in rough seas.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D66766W79H3/flight-19s-records-show-a-navigation-failure-fuel-exhaustion) Evidence EVD [No wreckage of either aircraft has been recovered.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D6679CE6NEF/no-wreckage-of-either-aircraft-has-been-recovered) Evidence EVD [Other pilots believed they were north of the Bahamas and disagreed with the leader, which points to the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D6679W22H2K/other-pilots-believed-they-were-north-of-the-bahamas-and) Evidence EVD [Taylor radioed that both compasses were out and that he thought he was over the Keys; he was north-east of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D66785C3XB2/taylor-radioed-that-both-compasses-were-out-and-that-he) Evidence EVD [The first rescue aircraft on scene reported overcast, showers, 25–30 knot winds and very rough seas.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D6678N00514/the-first-rescue-aircraft-on-scene-reported-overcast-showers) Evidence EVD [The last transmission, at 7:04 pm, said they would ditch together when the first aircraft fell below ten…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D6678D65K6D/the-last-transmission-at-7-04-pm-said-they-would-ditch) Evidence EVD [Flight 19, five TBM Avengers with 14 men, is lost on a training flight](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/events/EVT0D666YWG3C64/flight-19-five-tbm-avengers-with-14-men-is-lost-on-a) EVT [Charles C. Taylor](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/people/FIG0D666XDM4JV2/charles-c-taylor) FIG [The Bermuda Triangle](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle) The mystery article MYS [What happened to Flight 19 and the aircraft sent to find it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/questions/QST0D6672225EJZ/what-happened-to-flight-19-and-the-aircraft-sent-to-find-it) Question QST [Charles C. Taylor: Radioed that both compasses were out, that he was over land he…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/accounts/WIT0D66712T3M8D/charles-c-taylor-radioed-that-both-compasses-were-out-that) WIT ## Cite it ``` 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/ ``` [Read it free at prologue.blogs.archives.gov](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/) Key **SRC** 0D666RS65P8P Kind Web page Rights public-domain Kept 29 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D666RS65P8P/uncertain-as-to-in-what-position-lay-the-peninsula-of/csl.json)