On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory.

2024年12月31日 · The U-2 incident was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet …

Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a secret CIA spying mission over the Soviet Union. Powers survived, but was captured …

U-2 Overflights and the Capture of Francis Gary Powers, 1960. On May 1, 1960, the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane was shot down while flying though Soviet airspace.

2009年11月9日 · The U‑2 Spy Incident was an international diplomatic crisis that erupted in May 1960 when the USSR shot down an American U‑2 spy plane and imprisoned its pilot.

Francis Gary Powers, photographed in 1966, six years after he was shot down on a U-2 surveillance flight over the Soviet Union. The incident caused international tensions and was a …

2017年2月7日 · In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a lone American flying at 80,000 feet above its cities. The secret mission was to gather intelligence.

Fifty-five years ago this May, Francis Gary Powers was piloting a U-2 on a reconnaissance mission for the Central Intelligence Agency when he was shot down over the Soviet Union. …

2015年5月1日 · In 1960, one of the most notorious chapters in the Cold War began after American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down and captured during a spying mission …

Hopes for a successful summit were dashed when on May 1, May Day, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space. On the first day of …