answersLogoWhite

0

Francis Gary Powers

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

American spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union?

That was a U-2, flown by Gary Powers. He was shot down over the Soviet Union on 1 May, 1960.


When did an American plane down over the Soviet Union disrupting a summit and rechilling the Cold War?

1960


Who was the U2 pilot that was shot down over the soviet Union?

Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?


What country was using a you-2 spy plane in1960 that was shot down over the Soviet Union?

The US had a spy plane called the U-2 that was shot down over the Soviet Union.


What is the name spy plane shot down over Russia?

It was an American U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. It was The U-2 crysis of 1960.


U-2 pilot shot down over the soviet union?

Gary Powers was the pilot who was shot down.


What does the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify?

the success of American influence over communisim


What country did Stalin take over?

During World War 2, Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union.


In 1961 the Soviet Union attempted?

In 1961 the Soviet Union attempted to take over West Berlin.


What American pilot was shot down in May of 1960?

The American pilot shot down in May of 1960 was Francis Gary Powers. He was flying a U-2 spy plane for the CIA when his aircraft was intercepted by a Soviet missile and brought down over Soviet airspace on May 1, 1960. Powers was captured and imprisoned by the Soviet Union, leading to heightened tensions during the Cold War. He was eventually exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1962.


What were the results of the soviet union testing their first atomic bomb?

that the communist would take over the American government (@p3x )


Who presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War and just prior to its breakup?

Several men presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War; the last leader of the Soviet Union was Boris Yel'tsin.