Dates

Event

Constructed as an A-26.

17 April 1961

Crashed.
Wearing false Cuban forces markings and operating from a base in the United States was shot down during the failed invasion at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs).

From By 2009 to By August 2012

To Central Australia, Mantanzas.
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By 2009

To Museo de la Revolucion, Havana, Ciudad de la Habana.
The text from an information plaque at the site: Remains of bombardier b-26 with US registration and disguised with the acronym of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. It was shot down near the Australia sugar mill during the Bay of Pigs actions in 1961. The corpse of one of the two crew members, Captain Thomas Willard Ray of the US Air force, remained in Cuba during 18 years. The United States Government did not make the official arrangements to take him back since it would prove to the world their direct participation in the aggression on the island. The remains were sent back in 1979 during James Carters term as President.
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2 July 2009

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Museo de la Revolucion in Havana, Cuba.

2 July 2009

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Museo de la Revolucion in Havana, Cuba.

5 July 2009

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at near the site for the former sugar mill in Australia, Mantanzas, Cuba. Unfortunately I did not know this wreckage was here until I was departing in the tour bus. I was only able to snap a few distorted photos through the window.

5 July 2009

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at near the site for the former sugar mill in Australia, Mantanzas, Cuba. Unfortunately I did not know this wreckage was here until I was departing in the tour bus. I was only able to snap a few distorted photos through the window.