Profiles of Our Honorees
Profiles of Our Honorees
Staff Sergeant George Paonessa, USMC
53 Waverly Avenue, Mamaroneck
Approximate Age: 27
Attended Mamaroneck High School
Crewman on TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber
Staff Sgt. Paonessa was a crewman on one of the five planes on the infamous Flight 19 that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945.
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The History Channel's series, History's Greatest Mysteries called Expedition Bermuda Triangle with Laurence Fishburne.
Episode 1 of Season 2, has a whole segment (about 47 minutes in the video) about George Paonessa with photos of him and the telegram his family received after his death.