The plane was shot down by a missile on 1st may 1960,over the USSR.
If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.
It was cancelled because President Eisenhower refused Soviet requests that he apologize for the U-2 incident where the Soviets shot down and recovered a US spy plane.
I believe it was called the "blackbird" because it was painted a metallic black.
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.
...do you mean shot down over the former Soviet Union? That pilot's name was FrancisGary 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.
the peep who got shot down was gary powers i belive it was over russia
If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.
He lead the Martin Luther King guys and he was a terrible person, he shot down a us spy plane in 1960
That was a U-2, flown by Gary Powers. He was shot down over the Soviet Union on 1 May, 1960.
the soviets shot down an American spy plane
It was cancelled because President Eisenhower refused Soviet requests that he apologize for the U-2 incident where the Soviets shot down and recovered a US spy plane.
The US had a spy plane called the U-2 that was shot down over the Soviet Union.
U 2
Gary Powers
I believe it was called the "blackbird" because it was painted a metallic black.
The U2 spy plane with Gary Powers at the controls