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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shortly thereafter, a B-26 with Cuban Air Force markings limped into Miami International Airport, one engine feathered, its engine nacelles nicked by bullets. A second B26, with a shot-up engine and landing gear, scraped down on a bed of fire-preventing foam at the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West. A third reportedly landed in Jamaica. The crewmen, all Cubans, were whisked away before reporters could ask questions. One pilot, who finally told an elaborate story of his day's work, asked not to be named, to protect his family in Cuba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: Toward D-Day | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

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