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PERMANENT HISTORICAL DOCUMENTDO NOT DESTROY
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OFFICIAL HISTORYOF THE
BAY OF PIGS OPERATION
VOLUME I
AIR OPERATIONS,
MARCH 1960 - APRIL 1961
APPROVED FORRELEASEL DATE:25-Jul-2011
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VOLUME I
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507Retalhuleu Control Tower\
Retalhuleu Service andMaintenance Area • . .
Retalhuleu Service andMaintenance Area
Retalhuleu Service andMaintenance Area . • • • • .
Retalhuleu Maintenance andService Area and Fuel Bunker
Retalhuleu Maintenance andService Area and Fuel Bunker
Retalhuleu Maintenance andService Area and Fuel Bunker
B-26 Spare Parts Inventory atRetalhuleu • . • . • • . • •
Retalhuleu Mess and Kitchen Area •Retalhuleu Outdoor LivingRetalhuleu 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 Attackat Retalhuleu . . . . . . . •
B-26 Practicing Low Level BombRun at Retalhuleu . . . .
B-26 Practicing Low LevelBomb Run at Retalhuleu . • .
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Figures 1-23 - Air Training Base, Retalhuleu, Guatemala
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Figure 34-35 - Photos of Air Strip at Playa Giron, Cuba
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B-26's Practicing Leader &Wing-man at Reta1hu1eu •
Paradrop Practice atReta1hu1eu • • •
Paradrop Practice atReta1hu1eu • • •
Paradrop Practice atReta1hu1eu • • • • • • • • •
- Photos of Forward Operations Base,Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
C-46 and C-54 Parked Off Runwayat Puerto Cabezas • • • • • • • 530
Puerto Cabezas View of AirStrip • • • • • • • • • • • • • 531
Puerto Cabezas Bomb DumpAdjacent to Air Strip ••• • • 532
Puerto Cabezas Bomb DumpAdjacent to A~r Strip ••• 533
. Puerto Cabezas Bomb DumpAdjacent to Air Strip. • • 534
Puerto Cabezas Armed B-26 • • • • 535Puerto Cabezas Armed B-26 • • • • 536Puerto Cabezas Underwing DetailBrigade B~26 • • • • • • • • • • 537
Puerto Cabezas Underwing DetailBrigade B~26 • • • ~ •• • • • • 538
Puerto Cabezas PBY Air-SeaRescue • • • • • • • • • •• 539
Figure 34. Air Strip at Playa Giron,Cuba . . . . . . . . . . 540
Fiqure 35. Air Strip at Playa Giron,Cuba .• . . . . . . . . . . . · . 541
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FIGURE 2RETALHULEU SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE AREA
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FIGURE 5RETALHULEU MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE AREA AND FUEL BUNKER
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FIGURE 31PUERTO CABEZAS. UNDERWING DETAIL BRIGADE B-26. PYLON FUEL TANK,
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