6. Thinking that Taylor would eventually change his radio frequency, the Fort Lauderdale base, after fixing his own radio to that channel, requested that all radio stations along the coast be fixed to Flight 19 from the same channel. If Taylor had changed frequency, even for a brief moment, he would have gotten help from everywhere and reached Jacksonville in Florida.
7. It was rainy so it was cloudy and there was no sun, so Taylor couldn't find the direction by looking at the sun.
8. The other members of the squadron heard that Taylor had lost his way and was searching for Florida, some of whom may have realized he was wrong, but they did not say anything due to military discipline.
9. The tower sent several messages, but Flight 19 was too far away from the base to hear most of them, a
