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Re: "Bay of Pigs" Invaders

Posted by Rob Mears on Sun Jun 08, 2003 10:56:33 AM

In reply top Re: "Bay of Pigs" Invaders posted by Tulio on Sun Jun 08, 2003 01:24:48 AM

The information I'm going on is from the "Rage of Furies" website. It also mentiones the two B-26s downed during the conflict. Here's some of the text.

April 16, 1961 -
"Four B-26B were deployed from Nicaragua, but after entering the area, one was shot down by a T-33A and another by the Sea Fury piloted by maj. Carrera. A third B-26B was badly damaged by a Sea Fury (possibly FAR 543) piloted by Lt. Douglas Rudd. Both surviving B-26B managed to escape to Miami."

April 17, 1961 -
"On the other hand, two of the attacking B-26 were damaged by ground fire, one of them managed to reach Key West with one engine feathered and low on fuel, and the other landed at Miami International Air Port in almost the same conditions."

That would seem to imply that at least four B-26s survived the conflict and made it safely to the United States.

"Rage of Furies"

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