The crew of the Lost Patrol, in front of plane FT-28 piloted by commander Lt. Charles Taylor. Flight 19 was the designation of 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared on Dec. 5, 1945 during a U.S. Navy overwater navigation training flight from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All 14 airmen on the flight were lost. One plane was one member short. Marine Cpl. Allan Kosnar, had been given special permission not to fly that day because he had had a strong premonition of…
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