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B-26 Invader Folks:

Good day fm across the pond!

Among the many B-26 Invader Bay of Pigs stories, is the b/w pic below shown as FAR 933, a solid nose model. C. Apr ’61 at Miami Apt. For many years we believed that this particular sample was the wrong aircraft. Well maybe,… but with the wrong FAR Reg#. According to new accounts of a FAR Chilean pilot (Advisor), there was one lonely solid nose sample at Santiago de Cuba area, a spare parts a/c who somehow was made airworthy during the conflict which later crashed on take -off at the hands of a young Cuban pilot. It was indicated to have been B-26B FAR 937. New details as they emerge later. 2 B Cont…Photo via AEC.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l486/fah619/151155837-cuban-air-force-bay-of-pigs-invasion-cuban-military-air-force-base%202_zpsmnd4vdgo.jpg
2 B cont…