CUBA
Cold War
NAME VICTORIES UNIT AIRFORCE Perés, Lorenzo Alberto 2 * 231 Esc.de C. DAAFAR del Pino Diaz, Rafael 1 ** Esc.de Caza DAAFAR
| * | ... | In the action participated a MiG-23UB piloted by the colonel
lieutenant Francisco Perez Peréz, and the MiG-29UB of the too colonel
lieutenant Alberto Peréz (brother of Francisco). The MiG-23UB served
as radio delay between the ground radar controllers, while the MiG-29UB
shoot down the two airplanes with R-60M missiles. The reports that that
MiG-23 shoot down one of the Cessna-337 are not correct. (Mikoyan Gurievich MiG-23 Flogger, http://www.urrib2000.narod.ru/EqMiG23-e.html) |
| ** | ... | +1 victory during Bay of Pig episode. |
| DAAFAR | ... | Defensa Antiaerea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (Cuban Revolitionary Air Force) |
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| Source: http://www.urrib2000.narod.ru/EqMiG29-e.html |
Sources & Literature
- Ильин, Владимир: ВВС Кубы, Военная авиация стран Латинской Америки, in Авиация и Космонавтика, No. 2, 2015.
- Polák, Tomáš: Žhavé výstřely studené války 4. - Amerika, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No.41, 1994.
- ACIG Team: Cuban Air-to-Air Victories, http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_165.shtml
- Lednicer, David: Aircraft Downed During the Cold War and Thereafter, http://home.sprynet.com/~anneled/ColdWar.html
- MacPhail, Dough - Acree, Chuck: Bay of Pigs:The Men and Aircraft of the Cuban Revolutionary Air Force, http://www.laahs.com/art61.htm
- Magnus, Allan: Air Aces Home Page, http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm
- Urribarres, Rubén - Litle, Mike - LAAS staff: The Cuban MiGs, http://www.laahs.com/art26.htm
- Jurors Hear Tape of Cuban MiG pilot, Miami Herald article, February 16, 2001 http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/local/dade/digdocs/039548.htm
- Mikoyan Gurievich MiG-23 Flogger, http://www.urrib2000.narod.ru/EqMiG23-e.html
- Mikoyan Gurievich MiG-29 Fulcrum, http://www.urrib2000.narod.ru/EqMiG29-e.html
