Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums
 



Go Back   Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums > Other Eras > Post-War

Post-War A place to discuss post WWII to Vietnam.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-16-2007, 02:30 PM   #1
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Panamá
Posts: 48
Air war - Bay of Pigs Invasion

Hi there.

Does anyone has information about the air war during the Bay of pigs invasion (victories and losses on each side)?
ricardo is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit! Wong this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2007, 03:42 PM   #2
Older Than Dirt
 
ccheese's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Posts: 7,988
I don't have any figures for the air war losses, but I can tell you this....
I was there ! I was on board USS ESSEX (CVS-9). We left Norfolk, Va
with Helo's on deck. About fifty miles out the helo's flew ashore and jets
landed on board. Were immediated struck below and painted all white
with no markings. They stayed on board because we got the word that
JFK had cancelled all air support. One of out tin cans did pick up the crew
of a B-26 that Castro's boys had shot down. A couple were injured real
bad and needed our medical services. We had two CIA types on board
who used our communications gear to communicate with "their people"
on the beach. I remember one of them saying, "The jig's up" when we
heard the "Rio" (a LST) had been sunk by Castro's forces. The "Rio"
had tons of arms, ammunition, and other equipment on board. On the
way back towards Norfolk the aircraft were repainted again, and flown
off about 50 miles off shore. We got our helo's back and headed for
Quonset Point, RI like nothing had happened.

Charles
__________________



Good people sleep peacefully in their beds at night, only
because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

George Orwell

Last edited by ccheese; 08-19-2007 at 09:22 AM.
ccheese is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit! Wong this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2007, 04:04 PM   #3
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Panamá
Posts: 48
Ccheese, you were there!!... my favorite topic is WWII, but after my visit to Cuba's Museo del Aire (Air Museum) and Museo de la Revolución (Revolution Museum), I felt interest in this issue and I've read a lot about this. This is the battle that could have change the destiny of Cuba, but well... that was 46 years ago. I knew they had T-33 and A-26, but I'm not sure if they had Mig-15.
ricardo is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit! Wong this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2007, 04:24 PM   #4
IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
 
FLYBOYJ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Colorado, USA
Posts: 16,871
Click; Bahia de Cochinos - La coneccion guatemalteca

Clandestine US Operations: Cuba, 1961, Bay of Pigs
__________________
> I Support Doug Gillis <
FLYBOYJ is online now  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit! Wong this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 08-16-2007, 05:37 PM   #5
Senior Member
 
comiso90's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FL
Posts: 3,529
If your interested in that time frame, the exploits of the F9 Crusader and crew on photo recon missions during the Cuban missile Crisis are worth a "Google".
__________________


http://www.BOOKSonWAR.com/
.

Last edited by comiso90; 08-16-2007 at 05:48 PM.
comiso90 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Spurl this Post!Reddit! Wong this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:13 PM.
Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2
Ad Management plugin by RedTyger
Design by HTWoRKS


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125