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Accor~ing to Ferrer, the Brigade pilots also discussed the capabilities of the equipment which would be flown by Castro's pilots-- particularly the US built Lockheed T-33'·s. Even though subsonic, the T-birds were far faster than the B-26's; and they carried two .50 caliber nose guns and had provision for mounting rockets on the wings. The Sea Fury, the British fighter aircraft which was the fastest non- 20 jet aircraft ever to be produced, mounted four iimm cannons in its wings; and Castro's B-26's were basi- cally identical to the B-26's in which the Brigade air force had trained. The Castro B-26's were still configured for bomber-reconnaissance activity and mounted 6 wing guns and 4 tail guns (presumably two tail guns in each of two turrets, top and bottom). 75/* C. The Stevenson Story and the Second Strike Reference has already been made to the attempts of Gar T~rud and other air operations planners to * One other feature helping to distinguish FAR B-26's from those of the Brigade was the plastic nose of the FAR compared to the metal nose of Brigade planes. See photos pages 535, 537. - 233 - _. ~ ~ L - ~ _