Three of the men were pilots in the Alabama Air National Guard & worked at Hayes Aircraft Corporation.
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Pete was 30 years old & married w 2 children. He was a technical inspector at Hayes Aircraft Corp.
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Leo, Pete’s co-pilot, was a native of Boston & a former flight engineer at Hayes Aircraft Corporation.
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Riley, former
@usairforce Major, was 36 w 2 children & pilot/instructor in Guard & Hayes Aircraft Corp test pilot.pic.twitter.com/4NxcYIytx6
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Wade, Riley’s co-pilot, was a former
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The men were four of about 100 Alabama guardsmen who volunteered for a secret mission aimed at toppling the Castro regime.
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The mission of the air effort was to penetrate beachhead area, attack Castro forces, & destroy whatever they could.
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Pete & Leo’s aircraft was fired upon by at least one Cuban Air Force T-33 fighter & crash-landed on the beach.
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Pete & Leo survived crash & fled from heavily damaged aircraft, but were quickly killed by Cuban militiamen.
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Riley & Wade’s B-26 was also hit as it approached target area. Plane hit the sea at a shallow angle. There were no survivors.
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All were awarded our highest honor for bravery—Distinguished Intel Cross—& received Memorial Wall stars http://1.usa.gov/1VC523X
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@CIA Next week do we get to hear about assassinating Allende in Chile or overthrowing Mossadeq in Iran? -
@NickFalacci@Zaganashikwe@CIA But first, a little background reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Heat:_Conspiracy,_Murder_and_the_Cold_War_in_the_Caribbean … - 1 more reply
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@cia Rest in peace -- they gave allThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA ouch sorry guys :(Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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