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DescriptionFlt19.png	Flight 19 and PBM-5 BuNo 59225, 12/5/1945 (1) depart NAS Fort Lauderdale 26 degrees 03 minutes north and 80 degrees 07 minutes west and fly 091 degrees distance 56 miles to Hens and Chickens Shoals to conduct low level bombing and, after bombing, continue on course 091 for 67 miles, (2) fly course 346 degrees for 73 miles (3) fly course 241 degrees for a distance of 120 miles, returning to NAS Fort Lauderdale. The Gulf and Eastern Sea Frontier HF/DF nets had now completed triangulation of bearings on FT-28 from six different radio stations, which produced a reliable fix: he was within an electronic 100-mile radius of 29 degrees north, 79 degrees west; Cruising off the coast of Florida, the tanker S.S. Gaines Mills was sailing through the dark night when it sent the following message, "At 1950, observed a burst of flames, apparently an explosion, leaping flames 100 feet high and burning for ten minutes. Position 28 degrees 59 minutes north, 80 degrees 25 minutes west. At present, passing through a big pool of oil. Stopped, circled area using searchlights, looking for survivors. None found." Her captain later confirmed that he saw a plane catch fire and immediately crash, exploding upon the sea.
Date	10 August 2007, 07:42 (UTC)
Source	self-made with info from Naval Historical Center, US Naval Observatory (Sunset info for 12/5/45) and Google Maps 26.03N 80.07W 29N 79W 28.59N 80.25W
Author	Anynobody

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current	20:10, 5 December 2009	1,676 × 1,946 (975 KB)	Falcorian	Lossless compression with pngout.
	00:43, 25 September 2008	1,676 × 1,946 (1.07 MB)	Anynobody~commonswiki
	01:02, 12 March 2008	1,341 × 1,557 (326 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	reform
	04:31, 2 March 2008	1,341 × 1,557 (780 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	made the triangle more visible
	08:28, 7 February 2008	1,341 × 1,557 (779 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki
	08:04, 10 January 2008	1,341 × 1,557 (779 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki
	06:45, 20 October 2007	894 × 1,038 (161 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	now with metric units
	07:00, 19 October 2007	894 × 1,038 (161 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki
	09:39, 31 August 2007	898 × 1,038 (143 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	== Summary == {{Information \|Description= Flight 19 and PBM-5 BuNo 59225, 12/5/1945<br />(1) depart NAS Fort Lauderdale 26 degrees 03 minutes north and 80 degrees 07 minutes west and fly 091 degrees distance 56
	07:25, 20 August 2007	898 × 1,038 (148 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	== Summary == {{Information \|Description= Flight 19 and Training 49, 12/5/1945<br />(1) depart NAS Fort Lauderdale 26 degrees 03 minutes north and 80 degrees 07 minutes west and fly 091 degrees distance 56 miles to Hens and Chicken