I FLEW FOR FIDEL

The death on 25 November of Fidel Castro brought to mind memories of 1961’s Bay of Pigs fiasco, the failed effort to invade Cuba by CIA-backed exiles. One of the last surviving pilots to have taken part recalls his role in the operations BAY OF PIGS Fidel Castro around the time of the Bay of Pigs invasion. Lockheed T-33A 711 Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria LUCA CANOSSA When in 1959 the Cuban revolution overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, Rafael del Pino