Thomas Willard Ray

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1961 Ray and Baker were aware of their responsibility of the mission and to the Brigade. Disregarding the warnings of the Cuban exile pilots of the danger, he piloted a B-26 to the Bay of Pigs.
1961 Ray had been designated by the CIA to train and supervise the Air Force of the Brigade in Central America, which did not have to participate in combat operations. At first the Cuban exile pilots did the flying.
1961 The Cuban army captured them and they were immediately executed by Major Oscar Fernandez Mell. Years later when Cuba returned Ray's body, an autopsy revealed a pistol bullet. The bullet is in the Brigade Museum in Miami.
1961 The Cuban government forces shot down the B-26 on April 19, 1961 north of Larga beach. They landed in Cuba and survived.