I tis disturbing to me that this report on why the Bay of Pics operation failed did not address why McBundy delayed the air support which was the cause of the fail.
The way the whole operation is explained by the Colonel is that from the original plans, all ten of Castro's jets were to be taken out. Three were in SA when they went to do the job. It was not the delay of air support, which was never in the plan, for all of the airplanes were supposed to be totalled at the point of the invasion, making air cover a moot point. But McBundy and the shadowy figures he represented jumped the gun and went in without those last three jets being taken out first, causing failure.
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I tis disturbing to me that this report on why the Bay of Pics operation failed did not address why McBundy delayed the air support which was the cause of the fail.
ReplyDeleteThe way the whole operation is explained by the Colonel is that from the original plans, all ten of Castro's jets were to be taken out. Three were in SA when they went to do the job. It was not the delay of air support, which was never in the plan, for all of the airplanes were supposed to be totalled at the point of the invasion, making air cover a moot point. But McBundy and the shadowy figures he represented jumped the gun and went in without those last three jets being taken out first, causing failure.
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