The USSR shot down the U-2 flown by Francis Gary Powers and derailed the Eisenhower and Kruchev Arms Limitation Talks. The U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Sverdlovsk, USSR on 1 May 1960 by a SAM-2. Powers was convicted of espionage on 17 Aug 1960 by a USSR court and sentanced to 10 years in prision. Powers was exchanged for a Soviet spy on 10 Feb 1962.
The Paris Summit on 1960
Francis Gary Powers The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident - 1976 TV is rated/received certificates of: Iceland:L
They caused a Space Race.
Project U-F-O- - 1978 Sighting 4018 The Incident on the Cliffs 2-4 was released on: USA: 12 October 1978
It was an American U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. It was The U-2 crysis of 1960.
We had to build a better airplane; we built the SR-71 Blackbird.
Project U-F-O- - 1978 Sighting 4025 The Whitman Tower Incident 2-13 was released on: USA: 12 July 1979
The planned summit meeting in Paris between Eisenhower and Khrushchev in 1960 was canceled because of the U-2 incident. A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, which resulted in the capture of the American pilot, Gary Powers. This incident heightened tensions between the two superpowers and led to the cancellation of the summit.
The U-2 incident was important for several reasons. U-2 spying planes used by the US were unknown by the general public. Secondly it showed to the US military that the Soviets were aware of the spying and had the ability to shoot the high flying plane down. The downing of the plane and the capture of its pilot became an international incident and an embarrassment to the US. The release of Powers, the pilot displayed good will by the USSR.
The U-2 Incident occurred in 1960 during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. On May 1 of that year, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, leading to heightened tensions in the Cold War. The incident complicated U.S.-Soviet relations and occurred just before a scheduled summit between Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
In response to the U-2 incident in 1960, when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev publicly condemned the United States for violating Soviet airspace. He used the incident to highlight U.S. espionage and called for a halt to such activities. The incident strained U.S.-Soviet relations and led to the collapse of a scheduled summit in Paris between the two superpowers. Khrushchev's reaction underscored the tensions of the Cold War and the mistrust between the two nations.
The U-2 Incident