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Names: Bowman, Chris, 1990- author. Title: Flight 19 : Lost in the / by Chris Bowman. Other titles: Flight nineteen Description: Minneapolis, MN : Bellwether Media, Inc., 2020. | Series: Black Sheep: Paranormal Mysteries | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019003840 (print) | LCCN 2019018242 (ebook) | ISBN 9781618916662 (ebook) | ISBN 9781644870945 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781618917324 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Bermuda Triangle--Juvenile literature. | Aircraft accidents--Bermuda Triangle--Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC G558 (ebook) | LCC G558 .B68 2020 (print) | DDC 001.94--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019003840

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Editor: Christina Leaf Designer: Andrea Schneider

Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, MN. Clear Skies 4

In Trouble 8

Lost! 14

Searching for Answers 20

Theories Behind the 22 Disappearance

Glossary 23

To Learn More 24

Index 24

Red text identifies historical quotes. December 5, 1945: The pilots and crew of Flight 19 prepare for their training mission in Fort Lauderdale, . The five TBM Avenger planes will fly east to practice droppingtorpedoes . Then they will fly north before returning home.

Captain Powers, are the planes ready?

They’re loaded up and fully fueled!

4 Charles Taylor leads Flight 19. He is in charge of four other pilots and nine crew members.

Good. Looks like a great day to fly.

Flight 19 will fly east for about 140 miles. Then it will head north for around 85 miles before turning back to the base. GRAND BAHAMA N

FORT W E LAUDERDALE S HEN AND CHICKEN SHOALS

5 2:10 p.m.: Flight 19 takes off!

The mission begins smoothly. Flight 19 completes the practice exercises. Then the planes continue flying on their planned route.

6 But soon, their luck runs out.

3:40 p.m.: Back in Fort Lauderdale, Lieutenant Robert Cox overhears Captain Powers, what confused messages on his radio. is your compass reading?

I don’t know where we are. We must have got lost after that last turn.

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