Cuba Bay of Pigs 1961 Air Orbats
v.1.0 February 3, 2001
 
Ruben Urribarres
http://www.geocities.com/urrib2000/

Senor Urribarres’ site is in Spanish and has many photographs

Senor Urribarres says that that was no:
 
§         "Esc. Caza Cuba"
§         "Esc. Caza Bomb"
§         Mustangs or Soviets helicopters
§         Airbase are at Cienfuegos
§         "Camp" Libertad, the correct name is "Ciudad Libertad"
("City of Liberty"), and the name of this place before 1959 was "Camp Columbia", but never "Camp Libertad"
 
The correct Cuban FAR Air Orbats in the Bay of Pigs battle will show that:
 
Escuadron de Bombarderos Ligeros (B-26B/C) at San Antonio de los Banos,
Santiago de Cuba
Escuadron de Persecucion y Combate (T-33, Sea Fury FB Mk.11, F-51D)  at San Antonio, Ciudad Libertad, Santiago de Cuba.
Escuadron de Transporte (C-46, C-47, C-54)  at Ciudad Libertad, San Antonio, Santiago de Cuba. Also Cessna, Beechcraft, Piper.
Helicopteros Bell 47, Mil Mi-1, Mi-4 at Baracoa
Entrenamiento (training)(TBM Avenger, AT-6) at San Antonio, Ciudad Libertad

 

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