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by Castro, for of the six aircraft that were available, four weren't fit to fly. 43/ Assuming that Castro may have had an inventory of as many as 30 combat aircraft (20 B-26's, 6 Sea Furies, and 4 T-33's) prior to the D-2 air strike and that he had available on 17 April only six aircraft, then 80 percent of his combat aircraft were down, at least on D-Day. Some of the downed aircraft were undoubtedly unserviceable because of malfunctions unrelated to the bombing attack on 15 April, but other aircraft may have suffered gunfire or bomb damage that was not visible on the photography. 44/ The debates, discussions, and'problems attendant upon the mounting of the D-2 air strike were as nothing compared to the problems following the attack. Thes~ problems are discussed in the fqllowing section. - 212 -