# Cox 2021: H-057-4: The Disappearance of "Flight 19" and "Training 49", 5 December 1945

> Samuel J. Cox, 2021. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The Navy historian's account of both losses and of how the official finding changed.

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# H-057-4: The Disappearance of "Flight 19" and "Training 49", 5 December 1945

Samuel J. Cox, 2021. _Naval History and Heritage Command, H-Gram 057_.

The Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command on Flight 19 and the PBM-5 Mariner (Training 49) lost searching for it: the tanker SS Gaines Mills reported flames at 19:50 and USS Solomons lost the PBM on radar at the same position; the board's finding about the flight leader and its later correction after his mother's appeal to "cause unknown".

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## What it's used for here

The Navy historian's account of both losses and of how the official finding changed.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[SS Gaines Mills reported flames at 7:50 pm and USS Solomons lost the PBM on radar at the same position.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D6678WT39XV/ss-gaines-mills-reported-flames-at-7-50-pm-and-uss-solomons)

Evidence

EVD

[The board's finding was amended to cause unknown after the flight leader's mother appealed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/evidence/EVD0D66794M64PQ/the-boards-finding-was-amended-to-cause-unknown-after-the)

Evidence

EVD

[The PBM-5 Mariner Training 49, searching for Flight 19, is lost with 13 men](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/events/EVT0D666Z4A67AM/the-pbm-5-mariner-training-49-searching-for-flight-19-is)

EVT

[The Bermuda Triangle](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle)

The mystery article

MYS

[United States Navy](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/organisations/ORG0D666YCW5P2Q/united-states-navy)

ORG

[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

[Crew of the tanker SS Gaines Mills: Reported a burst of flames, apparently an explosion, with flames…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bermuda-triangle/accounts/WIT0D6671AM2EC8/crew-of-the-tanker-ss-gaines-mills-reported-a-burst-of)

WIT

## Cite it

```
Cox, S. J. (2021). H-057-4: The Disappearance of "Flight 19" and "Training 49", 5 December 1945. Naval History and Heritage Command, H-Gram 057. https://history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-057/h-057-4.html
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[Read it free at history.navy.mil](https://history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-057/h-057-4.html)

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