Where did the u-2 incident take place?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its remains (largely intact) and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Coming just over two weeks before the scheduled opening of an East-West summit in Paris, the incident was a great embarrassment to the United States[1] and prompted a marked deterioration in its relations with the Soviet Union.

Answer 3

On the 1st of May, 1960, Francis Powers was a U-2 pilot. He was flying more than seventy thousand feet over the USSR on a American spy plane. Suddenly he, and his plane, were shot down over the Soviet Union by an air missile. He jumped out of his plane while it was crashing down and he landed safely and was soon captured and flown to Moscow.

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