flight 19 transcript
flight 19 transcript
This is a story that will touch everyone who cares about the life they have. ENGINES RECOMMENDATIONS: Added emphasis is being placed on GEN NATURE E-2 importance of proper navigation & lost plane procedure SPEC TYPE ACC (6) Lost - fuel exhaustion CO: Concur with report of board. Among the dozens of people killed was a sitting U.S. senator. He was in his first term in Congress when he took that vote against the war. Besides these records that directly relate the topic of Flight 19, there may be other series in record groups that are overlooked because they are not as well known and somewhat difficult to use. As it is these series have been processed with container lists, so they are more accessible. At 1820, the last message from Flight 19 was received. In this recording, Taylor was heard saying, All planes close up tight well have to ditch unless landfall when the first plane drops below 10 gallons, we all go down together. An aerial view of a Navy PBM-5 Mariner. He's due to fly that day to Pittsburgh. Immediate protest will block the way to militarizing our nation. Headline: "G-MEN WERE SHADOWING LATE SENATOR." Maddow: It's Saturday, August 31st, 1940. Than an out report was received my NAS BANANA RIVER MENENDEZ, JOHN THOMAS AOM USN MISSING A from PBM5 59225, Ron 49 at 1930 5 DEC 1945 and no NEEMAN, PHILIP BIRD SLC(ARM) USN MISSING A further communications received from PBM5 59255 Ron9. When she hears the news, Senator Lundeen's secretary decides shes gonna go there, to try to find him. Maddow: Hidden away in a refrigerated train car. In this particular case, a decision was made, based on the evidence on hand, but deferred the final decision to the Board of Investigation to be held later. On December 5th, shortly after 2 PM, five General Motors TBF 1 Austrian 6-pounder Howitzer - Plaque, No. But he was determined. Maddow: The plane Senator Ernest Lundeen was on crashed in rural Virginia, less than forty miles from where it took off in Washington. Always ask, Does this phone have coverage for my community?. There is no plaque, there is no marker designating it as the site of a deadly plane crash. The tragic, mysterious crash of a commercial airliner in the summer of 1940 left a scene of devastation in rural Virginia -- and a series of unanswered questions. His secretary asks him what's wrong, he won't explain. At approx 1600, radio messages NAME AND RANK OF OTHER PERSONNEL INJ were intercepted that led us to believe that this GRUEBEL, ROBERT P. PVT, USMCR-A MISSING A flight was lost in the vicinity of the Bahaman Isle. Barnabas Lincoln, Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet. A special thanks to John Flannery for providing us with his incredible interviews with the eye-witnesses of the Trip 19 plane crash. I (part I), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. Maddow: A newspaper called PM had published an expos describing a scheme in which sitting members of Congress were helping an agent of Hitler's government distribute German propaganda in quantity all over the United States. Locked him in. 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Here he is with producer Kelsey Desiderio: Kelsey Desiderio: So, obviously we don't know exactly where the plane came down, but do we have any rough idea, in terms of where we're standing, where did it happen? And the mystery of what caused that crash, that mystery has endured. What he appears to be is emotionally distraught. Hart: He wants to build an American version of fascism. Their jobs and possessions. We still don't know. Is that a fight? Flannery: The more I looked at it, the more it seemed that at least the government agency didn't ask the right questions or find out very much. Results negative. 27, USS Chincoteague AVP24 War Damage Report No. In brief, for those unfamiliar with the story, Flight 19 was a training flight of five Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers that took off from Naval Air Station Fort He's crying. Even before his secretary arrives. And the flight that he was about to board also happened to include multiple Justice Department personnel who would be flying alongside him. Maddow: Sitting Senators just dont drop dead on a regular basis. The dive into the ground was so dramatic that there were pieces of people pardon the description all over the area. 38, USS North Carolina BB55 War Damage Report No. 2. Senator Lundeen gets to work early that day. This is a moment of great political danger, I think, for these men. The five Avengers are filed under VTBM1/L11-1 1945 in Box 5181 and the Mariner is filed under VPBM5/L11-1 1945 in Box 4766. 99 (1869) Authority Given to Fleet Officers, General Order No. 53, USS Independence CVL22 & USS Denver CL58 War Damage Report No. He was in tears leading up to that flight, according to his secretary. It means they know something they don't want us to know. Some people went into the field, younger people, and then were discovering things they could never forget. Dateline Washington. 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SPEC TYPE ACC 6 LOST - FUEL EXHAUSTION CO: Concur with report of board. It might even get him run out of town on a rail again. There had been 25 people on board that plane, including the crew. And Senator Lundeen, of course, he never delivered that speech. Senator Ernest Lundeen: Fellow Americans, America prepares to take the last step before entering another World War. RECOMMENDATIONS: added ENGINES emphasis is placed on importance of proper navigation GEN NATURE E-2 & lost plane procedure. DAMAGE DAMAGE DESCRIPTION & REMARKS Fact finding board of investigation has been appointed AIRCRAFT X AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE LOST AT SEA by CNAADTRA to make detailed report on & if possible ENGINES cause of loss of a/c. 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Approx 1600, radio THELANDER, Arther H., S1C, USNR Missing A messages intercepted that led us to believe this BALUK, Burt E., Jr., S1C, USNR Missing A flight was lost in vicinity of Bahamas. Literally on the local railroad. A/S Rescure Unite 4 alerted all stations & everything possible was done to get flight back safely. Bradley Hart: Allegations already circulating that he might be pro-German, if not pro-Nazi. Flannery: Why did this plane go down with these experienced pilots in a seemingly good airplane, in a storm that planes go through? Radio Reporter: Today, Saturday August the 31st. A short of list of select filing designations are A17-9 (Naval Courts and Boards), A17-24 (Court of Inquiry), A17-25 (Board of Investigations), L11-1 (Material Loss), the different aircraft types, VTBM1 and VPBM5, and the different naval air stations NA29 - Jacksonville NAS, NA59 - Cocoa and Banana River NAS, and NA106 - Fort Lauderdale NAS. These files include correspondence from the Casualty Assistance Branch regarding the circumstances of the losses and any legal changes to their status. endobj At approx 1600, radio messages THOMPSON, HOWELL O SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A that led us to believe flight was lost in vicinity of PAONESSA, GEORGE R SGT, USMCR-A MISSING A Bahama Islands. One of the Flight 19 planes made it back to land, according to Florida resident Graham Stikelether, who was interviewed for an episode of Historys Greatest Mysteries, released last year. It was a speech that was full of praise for Germany under Hitler. Now as he was sworn in to the Senate in the late 1930s, the U.S. was weighing getting involved in the Second World War. cycle globally. These two series have not been processed or described, so the record dossiers would be the finding aids. You MUST meet the following requirements: EDUCATION: A. Flight 19 was a group of aircraft that mysteriously went missing off the coast of Florida in 1945. 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Pennsylvania Central Airlines had never had a crash in its entire history as an airline. Hart: When American troops are actually in combat, virtually every member of Congress, every politician sort of makes a show of supporting the troops and even goes over to visit the trenches of the Western front and things like that. So it's not, it's not very useful. Painter: And all of a sudden, all we heard was, vroooooooom! The records of the 7th Naval District (Florida) and the naval air stations that were involved in the incident are in the custody of the, of the 7th Naval District. 4, USS Pittsburgh, A Forgotten Enemy: PHS's [Public Health Service] Fight Against the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. WebZippia Score 4.5. 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