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.
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.
The U2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a Soviet surface-to-air missile on May 1, 1960, while flying over Soviet airspace. The incident heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Powers was captured and later exchanged for a Soviet spy, Rudolf Abel, in a high-profile prisoner swap.
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 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.
U 2
the soviets shot down an American spy plane
The US had a spy plane called the U-2 that was shot down over the Soviet Union.
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.
The U2 spy plane with Gary Powers at the controls
the peep who got shot down was gary powers i belive it was over russia
A Russian fighter shot down an unarmed South Korean 747 flying over international waters, near Russia. They might have mistaken it for a spy plane. There were no survivors.
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.
That was a U-2, flown by Gary Powers. He was shot down over the Soviet Union on 1 May, 1960.
The U2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a Soviet surface-to-air missile on May 1, 1960, while flying over Soviet airspace. The incident heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Powers was captured and later exchanged for a Soviet spy, Rudolf Abel, in a high-profile prisoner swap.