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Francis Gary Powers was the pilot of the U-2 (USA spy plane) shot down while flying over the Soviet Union airspace on May 1, 1960. The event sparked one of the greatest international crises of the Cold War.
Francis Gary Powers was the pilot of the Lockheed U2 spy plane that was shot down by the former USSR with a surface to air missile (SAM) in 1960. After lengthy negotiations, a prisoner exchange was made returning Powers to the United States. [JMH]
When the U-2 spy plane was shot down on May 1, 1960, it was carrying high-altitude photographic equipment designed to capture detailed images of Soviet military installations. The plane was on a reconnaissance mission over Soviet territory, gathering intelligence on missile sites and other strategic military assets. The incident escalated Cold War tensions, especially after the U.S. initially denied the plane's purpose before acknowledging it was a spy mission. The pilot, Francis Gary Powers, was captured and later exchanged for a Soviet spy.
Lieutenant James Magellan was a pilot for the Marine Corp during the Vietnam war. His plane was shot down and he lost hos life during the war.
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.
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 pilot of the American U-2 spy plane shot down on May 1, 1960, was Francis Gary Powers. His aircraft was downed over the Soviet Union during a reconnaissance mission, leading to heightened tensions between the U.S. and the USSR. Powers was captured, tried, and later exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1962.
Because the U.S. sent the U-2 spy plane over Russia to...well...spy. The plane was later shot down by the soviets and the pilot was captured, they knew it was an American plane because 1. they had the pilot 2. American flags where one the plane President Eisenhower never gave an apology.
I believe it was called the "blackbird" because it was painted a metallic black.
That was Francis 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.
No one. Von Richthofen was the top fighter pilot of WW1.
Gary Powers was the pilot who was shot down.
The 33rd plane shot down was a 2 seater Sopwith 11/2 Strutter. The pilot became a POW the observer was killed.
That was a U-2, flown by Gary Powers. He was shot down over the Soviet Union on 1 May, 1960.