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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Air attacks on airfields

Saturday Apr 15, 1961 at 06:00:00 AM
San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba - Ciudad Libertad Airport, Havana, Cuba - Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU), Avenida al Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo Grajales, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

On 15 April 1961, at about 06:00 am Cuban local time, eight Douglas B-26B Invader bombers in three groups simultaneously attacked three Cuban airfields at San Antonio de los Baños and at Ciudad Libertad (formerly named Campo Columbia), both near Havana, plus the Antonio Maceo International Airport at Santiago de Cuba.


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