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get authorization for a follow-up strike against the Castro airfields that were taken under attack on D-2, and it has been noted that such requests were denied. The only other scheduled air attack in addition to D-2 was to be mounted against selected targets -- including reattack on the airfields Santiago on D-Day. It at San Antonio, Libertad, and h~ been emphasized that with the shift from Trinidad to Zapata for the D-Day invasion, two B-26 aircraft would put down on the beach at Playa Giron and begin operations from that airstrip. The plan for D-Day consisted of 11 primary targets to be attacked by 15 B-26 aircraft. Four of the primary targets -- the three airfields which were struck on D-2 plus the Managua military base -- were to be attacked by two B-26's each. Five other primary targets, in fact, were double-headers requiring single B-26 air- craft to hit two separate facilities. The remaining two targets also were to be attacked by single B-26's. With the exception of the Managua military base -- where napalm was to be employed against the tank park -- all other targets were to be attacked with rockets, machine guns, and either fr§;amentation or demolition , '•... bombs.* * See Appendix 7 for a list of the D-Day targets.