Narrative:
The DC-3 was destroyed in a bombing raid by U.S. B-26 bombers at the beginning of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 15 April 1961 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-228C |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T138 |
| MSN: | 2229 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | at an unknown location ( Cuba)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The DC-3 was destroyed in a bombing raid by U.S. B-26 bombers at the beginning of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Classification:
Destroyed on groundDamaged on the ground
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