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28 February 2025

1 May 1960 – U-2 incident

1 May 2020 Jacek Domański

´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 […]

Lockheed U-2C (56–6693)

22 October 2019 Jacek Domański

The wreckage of Lockheed U-2C, United States spy aeroplane (code name Article 360, 56-6693), that was shot down near Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg) on 1st May 1960. The aircraft is currently on display in the Central […]

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