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    Reconstructing the Flight 19 disappearance from military logs (1945)

    📻 The Cold December Evening in 1945: 14 airmen, 5 TBM Avengers, and one of naval aviation's deepest mysteries. ⚡ Key points explored: • Fatal navigation disorientation during winter squalls • Fuel exhaustion protocols and collective ditching • Sonar scans of mistaken Avenger wrecks off Florida...
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    Early war Fleet Air Arm modern aircraft

    Recently read, regarding the campaign in Norway 1940 that "If Britain had had an effective carrier force, with better carriers and modern aircraft, they could have challenged German air superiority and provided Allied ground forces with air support". While due to long development of a carrier a...
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