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Who was the U2 pilot that was shot down over the soviet Union?

Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?


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...do you mean shot down over the former Soviet Union? That pilot's name was FrancisGary Powers.


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