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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Attacking The Cuban Navy Patrol Escort ship El Baire

Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 07:00:00 AM
Nueva Gerona, Cuba

At about 07:00, two invading FAL B-26s attacked and sank the Cuban Navy Patrol Escort ship El Baire at Nueva Gerona on the Isle of Pines. They then proceeded to Girón to join two other B-26s to attack Cuban ground troops and provide distraction air cover for the paratroop C-46s and the CEF ships under air attack.


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