Gary Powers, the US pilot, was arrested and tried by the Russians.
However, the US got him back but PROBABLY paid a lot of money for his release.
The plane was shot down by a missile on 1st may 1960,over the USSR.
If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.
...do you mean shot down over the former Soviet Union? That pilot's name was FrancisGary Powers.
It was cancelled because President Eisenhower refused Soviet requests that he apologize for the U-2 incident where the Soviets shot down and recovered a US spy plane.
The U-2 was shot down near Degtyarsk, in the Ural Region of Russia. See related link for more information.
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The plane was shot down by a missile on 1st may 1960,over the USSR.
the soviets shot down an American spy plane
The US had a spy plane called the U-2 that was shot down over the Soviet Union.
Gary Powers
It was an American U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. It was The U-2 crysis of 1960.
The U2 spy plane with Gary Powers at the controls
the peep who got shot down was gary powers i belive it was over russia
A Russian fighter shot down an unarmed South Korean 747 flying over international waters, near Russia. They might have mistaken it for a spy plane. There were no survivors.
If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.
...do you mean shot down over the former Soviet Union? That pilot's name was FrancisGary Powers.
That was a U-2, flown by Gary Powers. He was shot down over the Soviet Union on 1 May, 1960.