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OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE BAY OF PIGS OPERATION
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VOLUME I AIR OPERATIONS, MARCH
1960 - APRIL 1961 PHOTOS
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VOLUME I Contents
Photos Figures 1-23 - Air Training Base, Retalhuleu, Guatemala Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Figure 7. Figure 8. Figure 9. Figure 10. Figure 11. Figure 12. Figure 13. Figur-e 14. Figure 15. Figure 16. Figure 17. Figure 18. Figure 19.
Retalhuleu Control Tower Retalhuleu Service and Maintenance Area • . . Retalhuleu Service and Maintenance Area Retalhuleu Service and Maintenance Area . • • • • Retalhuleu Maintenance and Service Area and Fuel Bunker Retalhuleu Maintenance and Service Area and Fuel Bunker Retalhuleu Maintenance and Service Area and Fuel Bunker B-26 Spare Parts Inventory at Retalhuleu • . • . • • . • • Retalhuleu Mess and Kitchen Area Retalhuleu Outdoor Living Retalhuleu Barracks - Exterior View . . . . . . . . . . Retalhuleu Barracks - Interior View . . . . . . . . . . Retalhuleu Barracks - Interior View . . . . . . . . . . . Retalhuleu Barracks - Interior View . . . . . . . . . . . Retalhuleu Supply Area . • . • Retalhuleu Supply Area • . • . B-26 Practicing Low Level Attack at Retalhuleu . . . . . . . • B-26 Practicing Low Level Bomb Run at Retalhuleu . . . . B-26 Practicing Low Level Bomb Run at Retalhuleu . • .
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B-26's Practicing Leader & Wing-man at Reta1hu1eu • • • 526 Paradrop Practice at Reta1hu1eu • • • • 527 Paradrop Practice at Reta1hu1eu • • • • • 528 Paradrop Practice at 529 Reta1hu1eu • • • • • • • • •
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Figures 24-33 - Photos of Forward Operations Base, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua Figure 24. Figure 25. Figure 26. Figure 27. Figure 28. Figure 29. Figure 30. Figure 31. Figure 32. Figure 33.
C-46 and C-54 Parked Off Runway at Puerto Cabezas • • • • • • Puerto Cabezas View of Air Strip • • • • • • • • • • • • Puerto Cabezas Bomb Dump Adjacent to Air Strip • • • • Puerto Cabezas Bomb Dump Adjacent to A~r Strip • • • . Puerto Cabezas Bomb Dump Adjacent to Air Strip. • Puerto Cabezas Armed B-26 • • • Puerto Cabezas Armed B-26 • • • Puerto Cabezas Underwing Detail Brigade B~26 • • • • • • • • • Puerto Cabezas Underwing Detail Brigade B~26 • • • ~ •• • • • Puerto Cabezas PBY Air-Sea Rescue • • • • • • • • • ••
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