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.
If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.
Francis Gary Powers fell approximately 2,000 feet after ejecting from his U-2 plane. The altitude at which he ejected was around 14,000 feet, and he parachuted to safety after his aircraft was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960. Despite the fall, he survived the ejection and subsequent landing.
Gary Powers, the US pilot, was arrested and tried by the Russians. However, the US got him back but PROBABLY paid a lot of money for his release.
No, the B-36 Bomber did not carry the U-2 spyplane that Francis Gary Powers was flying when he was shot down. The U-2 was a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed, and it operated independently on its missions. Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union in May 1960 while flying a U-2, which was specifically designed for high-altitude surveillance, not transported by bombers like the B-36.
The US claimed that the plane was a weather research aircraft which had strayed into SU airspace, denying that it was a spy plane.
they went down!
If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.
Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?
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.
Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot his u-2 spyplane was shot down while over the USSR causing the 1960 U2 incident
Francis Gary Powers
Gary Powers was the pilot who was shot down.
The U2 spy plane with Gary Powers at the controls
The Lockheed U-2 flown by Gary Powers .
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]
four hours after Powers entered Soviet airspace, a Soviet pilot shot down his plane, and Powers was forced to parachute into Soviet-controlled territory. The Soviets sentenced Powers to ten years in prison.