The Pittsburgh Press (December 11, 1945)
Fate of six planes ‘unsolved mystery’
MIAMI (UP) – The Navy listed as an “unsolved mystery” today the fate of 27 Navy airmen who disappeared aboard six planes off the Florida coast.
Navy officials called off its search party yesterday.
Five of the planes, carrying 14 men, were missing on a routine training flight since last Wednesday. The sixth plane, a Mariner patrol bomber, disappeared with 13 men aboard during the early hours of the search.
The Navy said it was the first time in its history that a whole flight of planes disappeared completely.