Douglas A-26 Invader crash, Apr 17, 1961 (1 killed), Play...
Douglas A-26 Invader accident on April 17, 1961 near Playa Girón Matanzas, Cuba with 1 fatality. Cause: Shot down by a Cuban Air Force T 33 jet; the...
- Date: April 17, 1961
- Aircraft: Douglas A-26 Invader
- Location: Playa Girón Matanzas, Cuba
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Shot down by a Cuban Air Force T 33 jet; the aircraft crash landed at the Giron airstrip.
A B 26 Invader of the exile Liberation Air Force, serial 935, was shot down by a Cuban Air Force T 33 jet on 17 April 1961 during the Bay of Pigs invasion. The pilot crash landed at the Giron airstrip and survived. His navigator had already been killed by gunfire.