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In 1945, Five bombers vanished and launched the Bermuda Triangle legend

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 20, 2026
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Lt. Comdr. Horace Bristol, U.S. Navy photo 80-G-427475 / Public domain (via Wikipedia)

On December 5, 1945, five Navy torpedo bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale on a routine navigation exercise and never came back — the disappearance that launched the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. Partway through, the flight leader, Lt. Charles Taylor, radioed that …

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