Francis Gary Powers
That was a U-2, flown by Gary Powers. He was shot down over the Soviet Union on 1 May, 1960.
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Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?
The US had a spy plane called the U-2 that was shot down over the Soviet Union.
It was an American U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. It was The U-2 crysis of 1960.
Gary Powers was the pilot who was shot down.
the success of American influence over communisim
During World War 2, Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union.
In 1961 the Soviet Union attempted to take over West Berlin.
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.
that the communist would take over the American government (@p3x )
Several men presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War; the last leader of the Soviet Union was Boris Yel'tsin.