13-08-2016, 05:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-08-2016, 06:01 PM by Scott Kaiser.)
On April 17, 1961 eight B-26 bombers carried out their air-strikes to destroy the Cuban air force, but the effort was only partially successful. The CIA awaited orders to launch the next air strike to finish off Castro's air force, but to no avail, no such orders were received, and the second air-strike opportunity was inadvertently canceled. McGeorge Bundy had placed a call to the CIA ordering them to stand down, Bundy believed he was acting on the best interest of the president. The first person to receive word by radio from the CIA aboard the ship would be Coello, he was notified by the CIA that the second air-strike awaiting orders to launch would not be ordered by the President. Kennedy made it specifically clear there would be no American intervention with Cuba. Twelve A4D-2 Skyhawks had been loaded aboard the aircraft carrier Essex, they were armed with 20 mm cannons and flew missions over Cuba prior to the Bay of Pigs landing, during a fly by over Cuba during the BOPs, Castro's army had successfully wounded a Skyhawk by firing on its engine, no war would break out, only eleven planes docked the carrier and the crew was sworn to secrecy. They were to provide air cover for the B-26s, but arrived an hour late. The Bay of Pigs had become Kennedy's disaster. The following story is the first incident with the A4-2 Skyhawk's prior to the Bay of Pigs attack. During the BOPs one of the A4-2 Skyhawk's got shot-down from Castro's army. Kennedy knew it, he still refused an invasion. They were all Brigade FAL B-26s, painted as FAR B-26s, 8 B-26s, armed with 8 5 inch rockets, bombs and 8 nose mounted .50 Cal machine guns took off from Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, to attack three Cuban airfields. A ninth B-26 took off from the same airfield and flew directly to Miami. The 8 that did the actual attack were to fly back to Nicaragua after completing their mission, the ninth plane landed in Miami and claimed that it was a real FAR B-26 that had taken off from Cuba, bombed its own airfields and landed in Miami. That aircraft was painted as FAR "933," supposedly, it was the same plane that defected to Miami in December 1958 when it was FAEC 933.
Several of the Brigade's aircraft shared the same registration to make it appear that less bombers were involved than actually were. One of the aircraft that did the actual attack on Campo Libertad in Havana, was, for one reason or another unable to fly back to Nicaragua after delivering its ordnance and landed in Boca Chica NAS. As fate would have it, the real attacker that landed in Boca Chica had the same registration as the one that landed in Miami. In a book called "Artillero de Cola" (tail gunner) a Cuban B-26 tail gunner writes that in Feb or March 1961 he was patrolling out of Santiago de Cuba in a B-26 "931." He specifies that it was fitted with 6 nose guns, 4 under wing guns, and a top and bottom tail turret with two .50 Cal each. He had been sent to check out a large ship which had been reported some 30 nautical miles off the coast of Cuba, the ship turned out to be a Soviet Tanker which was en route to Santiago de Cuba. On their way back, they were joined from the rear by a pair of A4 Skyhawks, probably from Guantanamo. We now know the Skyhawks departed from the USS Essex. One came right along the back side of the B-26, while the other stayed further aft and higher. The one right behind was very close, the tail gunner was able to keep him in his gunners sights. The B-26's captain, went to max continuous power, ordered the tail gunner to arm his guns, while attempting to communicate with his base, through the Santiago control tower. The pair of A4s followed. After a while, the A4 moved over to the side where the B-26 was no longer in the A-4s' sights, but stayed very close, inside of 150 feet. It lowered its flaps and cycled its gear a few times to keep pace with the B-26. By then the B-26 was nearing Santiago and the A-4s were clearly inside of Cuban Airspace.
The B-26 suddenly pulled back on the power, forced the two A4s to overtake it and as they did, he fired in between them with all forward firing guns, some of which misfired. The A4s then pulled away and left. After landing, the Captain of the B-26, Jacques Lagas, was blasted by Raul Castro in person for almost causing a major incident with the Americans. The other A4 maneuvered further away, so the gunner could not keep both in its sights at the same time. He could see the pilots eyes looking at him, with a red helmet and his oxygen mask. The aircraft was written NAVY in big black letters on the side, was gray, and the tail had a black and yellow checkerboard looking diagram and was registered 2747. The aircraft in which this incident occurred is located today in San Antonio Texas at Lackland Air Force Base. Georges W. LeBanc was one of the pilots on the USS Essex who's plane went down on April 18, 1961 using a cover unit as VX-5 air test and evaluation squadron. This is just another definition for saying flying missions. The incident of this pilots mishap after receiving indiscriminate gunfire from Fidel Castro's army led him to crash somewhere. This Naval aircraft shoot-down has never been reported. Castro's government has not identified Georges W. LeBanc as being captured in Cuba. Records indicates his plane went down over Dallas, Texas. However, the city of Dallas nor the state of Texas had ever reported such an incident. In 1964 LeBanc would have another incident, his fighters squadron on the USS Essex, and their flying missions will never be disclosed in full, as this squadron had taken an oath of secrecy. Could this be the information found in the fifth volume of the Bay of Pigs which is protected from disclosure? The fifth volume on the Bay of Pigs can only be released by the president of the United States. Osvaldo's role as a top level radio operator for Fidel Castro led him to work for the CIA that ultimately resulted in his experience in the failed Bay of Pigs.
While attending a Cubanos Unidos meeting Osvaldo Coello said, "We got even with Kennedy didn't we." This information was provided to me by an ex member of the Cubanos Unidos whose identity remains a secret. I guess the powers that be are still very much here, as they were nearly 50 years ago. According to Elias Cesar and others, during the Bay of Pigs, Osvaldo Coello was head of communications, he was the first person to be advised by radio, while serving on the ship Barbara J that Kennedy had just called off any air-support. We now know that Kennedy did not call off the air-support as the phone call came from McGeorge Bundy to station chief of the CIA and not the president. The exact orders from Bundy were to "stand down, no air support is given." This was largely in part because Adlai Stevenson felt he had been lied to about the unmarked planes that were shot down. Stevenson, would inform Kennedy that if the United States involved themselves in this war it could very well drag Russia into it, Bundy agreed. The CIA took these orders from Bundy as if President Kennedy had relayed them himself. Bundy, who was presidential advisor to President Kennedy had no authority to make such a call, only the president has the authority to make such announcement, and to avoid any and all confusion only the president can make such a call. It has since then been widely spread that Bundy took matters into his own hands, acting on behalf of the president's best interest to have the CIA stand down. Which has since brought on the confusion as to who ordered the air strikes to be canceled. After hearing about the two American pilots getting shot down, Bundy would later place the call to the CIA that evening to stand down. Before the CIA had cut their communications with the impending fleet, they, the [CIA] advised Coello by radio "there will be no assistance, you're on your own," then, at that moment, the radio went silent. The CIA's communication with the invading force went dead so that Castro's army would not pick up their signal. "It felt as though we were set up and abandoned" explained Molina. We were told by the CIA that we would have American backing, someone lied to us said Cesar. Everyone felt betrayed, someone had to pay. We were promised American support, then the president backs out. They all agreed on one thing, and that is, the casket the Cubans where carrying around in Havana which reads. "Here lies President Kennedy" would soon come to fruition, not by Fidel Castro's government, but by the CIA.
Several of the Brigade's aircraft shared the same registration to make it appear that less bombers were involved than actually were. One of the aircraft that did the actual attack on Campo Libertad in Havana, was, for one reason or another unable to fly back to Nicaragua after delivering its ordnance and landed in Boca Chica NAS. As fate would have it, the real attacker that landed in Boca Chica had the same registration as the one that landed in Miami. In a book called "Artillero de Cola" (tail gunner) a Cuban B-26 tail gunner writes that in Feb or March 1961 he was patrolling out of Santiago de Cuba in a B-26 "931." He specifies that it was fitted with 6 nose guns, 4 under wing guns, and a top and bottom tail turret with two .50 Cal each. He had been sent to check out a large ship which had been reported some 30 nautical miles off the coast of Cuba, the ship turned out to be a Soviet Tanker which was en route to Santiago de Cuba. On their way back, they were joined from the rear by a pair of A4 Skyhawks, probably from Guantanamo. We now know the Skyhawks departed from the USS Essex. One came right along the back side of the B-26, while the other stayed further aft and higher. The one right behind was very close, the tail gunner was able to keep him in his gunners sights. The B-26's captain, went to max continuous power, ordered the tail gunner to arm his guns, while attempting to communicate with his base, through the Santiago control tower. The pair of A4s followed. After a while, the A4 moved over to the side where the B-26 was no longer in the A-4s' sights, but stayed very close, inside of 150 feet. It lowered its flaps and cycled its gear a few times to keep pace with the B-26. By then the B-26 was nearing Santiago and the A-4s were clearly inside of Cuban Airspace.
The B-26 suddenly pulled back on the power, forced the two A4s to overtake it and as they did, he fired in between them with all forward firing guns, some of which misfired. The A4s then pulled away and left. After landing, the Captain of the B-26, Jacques Lagas, was blasted by Raul Castro in person for almost causing a major incident with the Americans. The other A4 maneuvered further away, so the gunner could not keep both in its sights at the same time. He could see the pilots eyes looking at him, with a red helmet and his oxygen mask. The aircraft was written NAVY in big black letters on the side, was gray, and the tail had a black and yellow checkerboard looking diagram and was registered 2747. The aircraft in which this incident occurred is located today in San Antonio Texas at Lackland Air Force Base. Georges W. LeBanc was one of the pilots on the USS Essex who's plane went down on April 18, 1961 using a cover unit as VX-5 air test and evaluation squadron. This is just another definition for saying flying missions. The incident of this pilots mishap after receiving indiscriminate gunfire from Fidel Castro's army led him to crash somewhere. This Naval aircraft shoot-down has never been reported. Castro's government has not identified Georges W. LeBanc as being captured in Cuba. Records indicates his plane went down over Dallas, Texas. However, the city of Dallas nor the state of Texas had ever reported such an incident. In 1964 LeBanc would have another incident, his fighters squadron on the USS Essex, and their flying missions will never be disclosed in full, as this squadron had taken an oath of secrecy. Could this be the information found in the fifth volume of the Bay of Pigs which is protected from disclosure? The fifth volume on the Bay of Pigs can only be released by the president of the United States. Osvaldo's role as a top level radio operator for Fidel Castro led him to work for the CIA that ultimately resulted in his experience in the failed Bay of Pigs.
While attending a Cubanos Unidos meeting Osvaldo Coello said, "We got even with Kennedy didn't we." This information was provided to me by an ex member of the Cubanos Unidos whose identity remains a secret. I guess the powers that be are still very much here, as they were nearly 50 years ago. According to Elias Cesar and others, during the Bay of Pigs, Osvaldo Coello was head of communications, he was the first person to be advised by radio, while serving on the ship Barbara J that Kennedy had just called off any air-support. We now know that Kennedy did not call off the air-support as the phone call came from McGeorge Bundy to station chief of the CIA and not the president. The exact orders from Bundy were to "stand down, no air support is given." This was largely in part because Adlai Stevenson felt he had been lied to about the unmarked planes that were shot down. Stevenson, would inform Kennedy that if the United States involved themselves in this war it could very well drag Russia into it, Bundy agreed. The CIA took these orders from Bundy as if President Kennedy had relayed them himself. Bundy, who was presidential advisor to President Kennedy had no authority to make such a call, only the president has the authority to make such announcement, and to avoid any and all confusion only the president can make such a call. It has since then been widely spread that Bundy took matters into his own hands, acting on behalf of the president's best interest to have the CIA stand down. Which has since brought on the confusion as to who ordered the air strikes to be canceled. After hearing about the two American pilots getting shot down, Bundy would later place the call to the CIA that evening to stand down. Before the CIA had cut their communications with the impending fleet, they, the [CIA] advised Coello by radio "there will be no assistance, you're on your own," then, at that moment, the radio went silent. The CIA's communication with the invading force went dead so that Castro's army would not pick up their signal. "It felt as though we were set up and abandoned" explained Molina. We were told by the CIA that we would have American backing, someone lied to us said Cesar. Everyone felt betrayed, someone had to pay. We were promised American support, then the president backs out. They all agreed on one thing, and that is, the casket the Cubans where carrying around in Havana which reads. "Here lies President Kennedy" would soon come to fruition, not by Fidel Castro's government, but by the CIA.