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.

Planes

Serial #	Name	Tail	Arrived	Departed	Comments
64-17644	Shit House Mouse / Cachita	RF644, later FR644	18 Aug 1964	Jan 1967
64-17645	Rum Dum	RF645, later FR645	18 Aug 1964	Dec 1966
64-17646	The Boogie Bogey	RF646, later FR646	18 Aug 1964	Mar 1967
64-17649		FR649	Jan 1965	Oct 1966
64-17662		FR662, later FM662	Jan 1965	Feb 1967
44-35890	U-3	35890, later FL890	Sep 1964	1966	Scrapped at Kinshasa
44-35703					Assigned but not used. One of these planes crashed at Arden, one was left behind at Okinawa, and one was used for spare parts.
44-35804					Assigned but not used. One of these planes crashed at Arden, one was left behind at Okinawa, and one was used for spare parts.
44-35822					Assigned but not used. One of these planes crashed at Arden, one was left behind at Okinawa, and one was used for spare parts.