Cuban Volunteer Group

The Cuban Volunteer Group was a group of Cuban aviators and crew who flew B-26K planes on special operations in the Congo. These planes, while owned by the US, were not there on US orders and were part of a clandestine operation by the CIA called Anstalt Wigmo. Due to the clandestine nature of the operation US crews could not pilot the planes. On paper this group was referred to as "Squadron 22" in notes and documents, but in practice no one ever called them by that name.