Thank you to Kristie R. for identifying one of the men in this photograph!
A while ago, several photos and documents were donated by Maureen Campbell Clark from Manchester, New Jersey, a relative of Walter R. Parpart, Jr. Walter was one of the crewmen of the fated Flight 19, a training Squadron of 5 TBM Avengers whose disappearance initiated the "Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle." The photograph was taken at the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1945.
A while ago, several photos and documents were donated by Maureen Campbell Clark from Manchester, New Jersey, a relative of Walter R. Parpart, Jr. Walter was one of the crewmen of the fated Flight 19, a training Squadron of 5 TBM Avengers whose disappearance initiated the "Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle." The photograph was taken at the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1945.
Kneeling, George A. Wilson. Walter R. Parpart, Jr. on right.
"I believe one of the photos provided by Katherine Taylor has my father-in-law (kneeling): George A. Wilson ARM3 of Patchogue, N.Y., who was stationed with the members of Flight 19 in 1945. He too had photographs of all the men that perished (Flight 19), as he was a member of that squadron but did not fly that day. He just passed away six weeks ago, which lead me to your museum site to purchase a brick in his memory." -- Kristy R.
