B-25 and Cuba

[T J Johansen]

Some time ago I watched a documentary about a woman who worked for the CIA in the 1960s when they were trying to kill Castro. She eventually became his mistress for a while, and obviously she didn't kill him!!! One of the things she talked about was a B-25 they flew out of (Miami?) and dropped stuff in Cuba. Does anyone know anything about a B-25 used for this? Since it was after the Bay of Pigs affair I would assume it was a civilian Mitchell!

T J

[airtanker]

Hi all,

I came across the following,

108-47588 TB-25J, 44-86834, N9495Z, National Metals Inc, Phoenix AZ 7.7.59/60
TB-25N Mar-Tod Exports Co, Corpus Christi TX 7.60
TI-1026C rep.
rep. forced landing Campeche, Mexico,
confiscated by Mexican Government
XB-MOP reg. 8.66
bomb exploded in wheel well, Miami FL 20.1.68
(sabotaged due flying supplies to Cuba)
stored dam. derelict, Miami FL 68/70

I'll ee if I have any photos.
Don

[aerovin]

There is a photo of XB-MOP in B-25 Mitchell in Civil Service on p. 120 The 1969 photo shows the left nacelle forward of the wheel installed just as framework.

[T J Johansen]

I have a similar photo to that. Shot from the left, with a few cars in the foreground. That could easily be the plane. Thanks guys!

T J