Why did they vanish? ANSWER: Navigation error.

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14 of the men in this squadron picture vanished without trace in December 1945 along with their 5 planes. What happened?

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only one navagator and he was not that good.??.........hummmmmm
 
From what I know the instruments were being influenced by Earth's magnetic field or atmospheric disturbances and therefore didn't show correct measurements. Odd the the flight instructor didn't notice that or knew of it, but very likely it was already too late when they noticed. One theory puts them as having flown either parallel to the coast line or away from it - that's the only explanation how those planes could have "vanished": running out of fuel and crashing into the ocean...
 
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