PORTA NOCA - An island taxi ferry operating by Cuba
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 79
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a passenger ship lost between the Isle of Pines and Havana.
1926, March - The week of the 14th - 22nd
SUDUFFCO - A freighter shipping from New Jersey to Los Angeles.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 44.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Lists the cargo as "mixed" consisting mostly of steel pipe.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a freighter sailing south from Port Newark.
1928, November top
VESTRUS
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1931, June
CURTISS ROBIN MONOPLANE - Piloted by Herbie Pond a suspected rum runner.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
An aircraft that disappears off Palm Beach, Florida with 2 persons.
1931, October
STAVENGER - Also spelled STAVANGER
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the date only as 1931. A freighter lost south of Cat Island with 43 people.
1932, April
JOHN AND MARY
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a schooner found abandoned 50 miles south of Bermuda
1935 top
AIRPLANE - Unknown, crashes just offshore at Daytona Beach
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 53.
1935, August
LA DAHAMA - Sailing yacht that was sinking and had her crew rescued by the AZTEC. Everyone on the AZTEC
watched the LA DAHAMA sink, however, days later the LA DAHAMA was found by the REX abandoned.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 45.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 113.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1935,December
WACO BIPLANE - Havana to the Isle of Pines.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 33.
WRIGHT WHIRLWIND AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Flying from Havana to the Isle of Pines.
1938, March
ANGLO - Australian freighter
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lost southwest of the Azores with 39 persons.
1940, February 3 top
GLORIA COLITA - Abandoned 125 foot schooner found 150 miles south of Mobile, Alabama (Gulf of Mexico)
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"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as lumber.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
States the date as 1940 only, lists the name as "GLORIA COLITE" found 200 miles south of Mobile, Alabama.
MAHUKONA
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the date only as 1941 also states that it was a freighter renamed the SANTA CLARA prior to some wreckage
found 600 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida.
1941, November
PROTEUS, U.S.S. - Sister ship to the CYCLOPS and the NEREUS. Sailing from St. Thomas to Atlantic seaports. Lost with all hands.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as possibly being bauxite.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the route as from St. Thomas to Norfolk, Virginia.
1941, December
NEREUS, U.S.S. - Sister ship to the CYCLOPS and the PROTEUS. Vanished on the same route as the PROTEUS, St. Thomas to Atlantic
seaports, Lost with all hands.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
Cargo listed as possibly being bauxite.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lists the route as from St. Thomas to Norfolk, Virginia.
1942, November top
PAULUS - Passenger ship.
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz,
Listed as a passenger ship en route from the West Indies to Halifax
1943
MARTIN MARINER AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Lost 150 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia with 19 persons.
1944, October 22
RUBICON - Cuban cargo freighter found abandoned off the coast Florida. 90 gross tons. All hands missing, ship seaworthy with
all personal effects still on board.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz
Listed as a freighter found abandoned off the Florida coast with no one on board except for a dog.
1944, December
NAVY BOMBER AIRPLANES - Five of them which seem to disappear a year before Flight 19.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer, page 34.
1945 top
VALMORE
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
A two masted schooner.
1945, January
B-25 AIRPLANE
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz, page 24.
Lost between Bermuda and the Azores with 19 people.
1945, Summer
BOMBER AIRPLANE - A small bomber with 2 people on board. Took off from Cecil Field, Florida.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 129.
1945, July 18
NAVY PRIVATEER AIRPLANE - PB-4YW, 4 engine.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"Without a Trace" - Charles Berlitz,
Lost between Miami, Florida and the Bahamas
1945, December 5
FLIGHT 19 - Five Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers. - At about 2:10 p.m. on the afternoon of 5 December 1945, Flight 19,
consisting of five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers departed from the U. S. Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
on an authorized advanced overwater navigational training flight. They were to execute navigation problem No. 1, which
is as follows: (1) depart 26 degrees 03 minutes north and 80 degrees 07 minutes west and fly 091 degrees (T) distance
56 miles to Hen and Chickens Shoals to conduct low level bombing, after bombing continue on course 091 degrees
(T) for 67 miles, (2) fly course 346 degrees (T) distance 73 miles and (3) fly course 241 degrees (T) distance 120 miles,
then returning to U. S. Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In charge of the flight was a senior qualified flight instructor, piloting one of the planes. The other planes were piloted by
qualified pilots with between 350 and 400 hours flight time of which at least 55 was in TBM type aircraft. The weather over
the area covered by the track of the navigational problem consisted of scattered rain showers with a ceiling of 2500 feet within
the showers and unlimited outside the showers, visibility of 6-8 miles in the showers, 10-12 otherwise. Surface winds were
20 knots with gusts to 31 knots. The sea was moderate to rough. The general weather conditions were considered average
for training flights of this nature except within showers.
A radio message intercepted at about 4 p.m. was the first indication that Flight 19 was lost. This message, believed to be
between the leader on Flight 19 and another pilot in the same flight, indicated that the instructor was uncertain of his position
and the direction of the Florida coast. The aircraft also were experiencing malfunction of their compasses. Attempts to establish
communications on the training frequency were unsatisfactory due to interference from Cuba broadcasting stations, static, and
atmospheric conditions. All radio contact was lost before the exact nature of the trouble or the location of the flight could be
determined. Indications are that the flight became lost somewhere east of the Florida peninsula and was unable to determine
a course to return to their base. The flight was never heard from again and no trace of the planes were ever found. It is assumed
that they made forced landings at sea, in darkness somewhere east of the Florida peninsula, possibly after running out of gas.
It is known that the fuel carried by the aircraft would have been completely exhausted by 8 p.m. The sea in that presumed area
was rough and unfavorable for a water landing. It is also possible that some unexpected and unforeseen development of weather
conditions may have intervened although there is no evidence of freak storms in the area at the time.
All available facilities in the immediate area were used in an effort to locate the missing aircraft and help them return to base.
These efforts were not successful. No trace of the aircraft was ever found even though an extensive search operation was
conducted until the evening of 10 December 1945, when weather conditions deteriorated to the point where further efforts
became unduly hazardous. Sufficient aircraft and surface vessels were utilized to satisfactorily cover those areas in which
survivors of Flight 19 could be presumed to be located.
One search aircraft was lost during the operation. A PBM patrol plane which was launched at approximately 7:30 p.m.,
5 December 1945, to search for the missing TBM's. This aircraft was never seen nor heard from after take-off. Based
upon a report from a merchant ship off Fort Lauderdale which sighted a "burst of flame, apparently an explosion, and passed
through on oil slick at a time and place which matched the presumed location of the PBM, it is believed this aircraft exploded
at sea and sank at approximately 28.59 N; 80.25 W. No trace of the plane or its crew was ever found.
Avenger
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Restored Avenger
Avenger at Midway 1942
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Mystic Places" - Time Life Books
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin, Page 8.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery, page 131.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche - Good information.
"The Zone of Silence" - Gerry Hunt
MARTIN MARINER PBM AIRPLANE - Vanishes while assisting in search for Flight 19, probably due to fuel explosion in mid air.
Witnesses report seeing a large flash of explosion in the general area of the plane.
The plane had a couple of nicknames....the "flying gas can" being one.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
1945, December 27 top
VOYAGER II - A 70 foot schooner.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1946
ENCHANTRESS - 58 feet.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
1946, December 5
CITY BELLE - A 120 foot schooner found abandoned.
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1947
SUPERFORTRESS AIRPLANE - No confirmed sources.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1947, July 3
C-54 AIRPLANE - Took off from Kindley Field, Bermuda en route to Morrison Army Airfield, Palm Beach, Florida.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
1948, January 30
STAR TIGER AIRPLANE - Airliner sister ship to the STAR ARIEL, both are Tudor IV, 4 engine model.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1948, March top
AL SNYDER - Disappears in The Triangle.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
TENDER, BOAT - A 16 foot tender for the EVYLYN K disappears.
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1948, December 28
DC-3A AIRPLANE - Known as "The Holiday Plane" this twin engine plane disappears within 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery,
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer,
1949
DC-3 AIRPLANE - Possibly the same as referenced above.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
1949, January 17
DRIFTWOOD - 36 foot cabin cruiser.
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
STAR ARIEL AIRPLANE - Sister ship to the STAR TIGER. A 4 engine Tudor IV that disappears en route from
Bermuda to Jamaica.
"Among the Missing" - Jay Robert Nash
"Limbo of the Lost-Today" - John Wallace Spencer
"Psychic In the Devil's Triangle" - James Paul Chaplin,
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1950, March top
GLOBEMASTER C-124 AIRPLANE
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
1950, June
SANDRA - A 350 foot freighter sailing from Savannah, Georgia to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela with 300 tons of insecticide.
"The Bermuda Triangle" - Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffery
"The Bermuda Triangle Mystery-Solved" - Lawrence David Kusche
"The Devil's Triangle" - Richard Winer
1950, July 9
DC-3 AIRPLANE - The plane was being used for missionary work by the New Tribes Mission group.
The Bermuda Triangle
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