to enable them to examine the aircraft
Gary Powers
a band
it gave the Soviets proof we were spying on them
U2 played one of their hit songs and all the Soviets died
Yes, his U2 CIA spy plane was shot down by the Russians in 1960. He was put on trial and convicted of espionage and sentenced to 10 years in prison. In 1962 he was released in an exchange of prisoners with the Soviets.
The U-2 plane flew from the United States of America to spy on the Soviets activity.
idk what U2 your referring to but im going to gues its the U2 incident durring the cold war. The U2 was a spy plane piloted by Frances Gary Powers that went down over Soviet Russia.
Soviet Union indeed shot down a US U-2 surveillance plane on 1st May, 1960. The plane was flying from a base in Northern Pakistan and was on a mission over Soviet Union near Ural region when it was shot down by a SAM (SA-2). The pilot Gary Powers was taken prisoner after he safely bailed out.
The DVD 'From the Sky Down' is a documentary, made in 2011 by Davis Guggenheim. It documents the challenging recording period when U2 produced their album 'Achtung Baby' in 1991.
Man Moment Machine - 2005 Shot Down The U2 Spyplane 1-5 was released on: USA: 30 August 2005
U2 is a pop band
The plane was shot down by a missile on 1st may 1960,over the USSR.