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HomeAVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY1 May 1960 – U-2 incident

1 May 1960 – U-2 incident

1 May 2020 Jacek Domański AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

´U-2 incident´

Francis Gary Powers, flying the U-2 spy-aircraft, was shot down near Sverdlovsk.

If you want to learn more about the incident and its background, we recommend to check one of our ´Photo of the Week´ episodes, describing the event in details.

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