The Dissappearance of Flight Nineteen.

"A radio message intercepted at about 4 p.m. was the first indication that Flight 19 was lost." - Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center

Facts:

1. 5 December 1945, Military training flight.
2. Type of aircraft: TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers
3. Flight origination: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4. Search efforts were unsuccessful.

On 5 December 1945, at 2:10 pm est, 5 avenger aircraft left the airfield in Fort Lauderdale, Florida bound for a pre-destined training mission over the Atlantic. The crew consisted of one qualified flight instructor and four rookies with no more than 400 hours flight time each.

Around 4:00 pm a transmission between the instructor and one of his students had been intercepted. The men sounded confused. Apparantly an unseen phenomenon had left the instruments unreliable and now the concern was which way do they fly to get back to shore. With a limited ration of fuel (estimated to run out around 8pm), going the wrong direction would be disastrous.

Attempts to contact the flight were unsuccessfull, possibly due to Cuban radio interference and atmospheric weather conditions.
An immense air and sea rescue effort commensed, stopping only when unfavorable weather conditions forced the mission to end five days later, on 10 December.

It is known that although the sea was too rough for a water landing, the weather for flight was rated average for the type of training that was scheduled. It is assummed that all five aircraft made forced landings in the ocean with no survivors. No trace of man or machine has ever been found.

Other theories include:

Five unidentified aircraft were reported by two air fields near Okephenoke Swamp in southern Georgia on the same day the aircraft went missing.

Worm hole's, electronic and atmospheric fog, and time phenomenon's are also being researched.
Most leading scientists dismiss the worm hole and time travel theory.
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"The less a person knows about a mystery...the better mystery a person can write." - guest on History Channel episode Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.

The story aired on History channel: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.