ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334135
Date: | Thursday 6 November 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
Owner/operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
Registration: | CU-T8 |
MSN: | 11744 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Mayarí Arriba -
Cuba
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Manzanillo-Sierra Maestra Airport (MZO/MUMZ) |
Destination airport: | Holguín-Frank Pais Airport (HOG/MUHG) |
Narrative:The DC-3 was hijacked by rebels and flown to a rebel airstrip at Mayarí Arriba. All occupants were released.
Another DC-3 (CU-T266) had also been hijacked to that airstrip on October 22, 1958. Both aircraft were camouflaged with branches of trees.
On November 12, the pilot of a Martin B-26 Marauder (N° 903) was returning from an bombing mission to Mines de Ocujal when he noted the aircraft. Another B-26 (N° 923) was sent to the area for a bombing raid. Both aircraft were destroyed.
Sources:
El Litoral, 6-11-1958 Diario de la marina - November 12, 1958 Diario de la marina - November 13, 1958 The Rebel Air Force operations against Batista Revision history:
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