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Question: How many strikes were conducted against the airfields? Answer: The 0-2 air strikes of eight B-26s against three airfields. On the nights of 17 and 18 April, three B-26s were scheduled against San Antonio de los Banos. Two of these aborted, one arrived over the target, but due to haze and a blackout he was unable to identify his target. In the early morning hours of 18 April, three more aircraft were dis- patched against San Antonio de los Banos. One aborted on take off, two aircraft arrived over target, but due to scud and haze in the area, they couldn't locate the target. Statement: After the 0-2 air strikes, we knew that we hadn't destroyed all the aircraft. Consequently, we requested permission to launch air strikes against the remaining targets on 0-1. Question: How was the request for the 0-1 air strike handled? Answer: It was not approved by Washington. Question: When were you denied permission to 1,1se napalm? Answer: We only had standing authority to use napalm against a tank farm. We had to request authority on all other targets. Question: When did the pilot fatigue show up? Answer: 17103QZ. Quel;ltion: Was this really fatigue? ~nswer: Yes. In 14 out of 17 cases; the other three pilots just didn't have it. Question: How many B-26 pilots did you have? ~nswer: Seventeen Cuban and eight American. Twenty-five all together. Question: What do you think about the adequacY of the number of pilots? J Answer: It was enough. 111-