Video: 'Mysterious disappearance of Glenn Miller's airplane might be solved'

(Friday, December 15, 1944; during World War II) — A single-engine plane carrying Maj. Glenn Miller, director of the U.S. Air Force Band and legendary big band musician, disappeared today in bad weather over the English Channel.

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Miller, 40, was traveling to Paris from Bedford, England (taking off at 1:55 p.m. local time), to entertain U.S. troops in France.

Video: 'Glenn Miller Missing BBC news 1944.mpg' (Miller's disappearance was publicly announced Dec. 24, 1944, just after 7:00 p.m. local time)

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