John Merriman person
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“Intermountain trainer for the project, became the chief of operations for the Congo air effort. Joining him was Air America pilots Ed Dearborn and Don Coney, as well as many Cuban exiles, among them Gus Ponzoa, leading 15 Cuban pilots in th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 27:15
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Intermountain trainer for the project, became the chief of operations for the Congo air effort. Joining him was Air America pilots Ed Dearborn and Don Coney, as well as many Cuban exiles, among them Gus Ponzoa, leading 15 Cuban pilots in th…
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After that came a formation of B-26 bombers led by Hakeem Varela, a top flyer in the CIA B-26 program. The U.S. Air Force transferred the bombers to a classified project on June 26, the last aircraft of its type it gave to the CIA. Exactly …
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prohibiting combat missions by Americans to take up a T-28 against a reported Simba truck convoy. His wingman was Ponzoa and Varela, both Bay of Pigs veterans. His plane hit, Merriman nursed it to a crash landing, but was injured so badly h…