Bay of Pigs Invasion - The Two remaining freighters started retreating south to international waters
Time: Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 11:00:00 AM
Place: Cuba
Details: By about 11:00, the two remaining freighters Caribe and Atlántico, and the CIA LCIs and LCUs, started retreating south to international waters, but still pursued by FAR aircraft. At about noon, a FAR B-26 exploded due to heavy anti-aircraft fire from Blagar, and pilot Luis Silva Tablada (on his second sortie) and his crew of three were lost.
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