1 May 1960

Disaster & Disease

1960 U-2 incident spy aircraft

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On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane, having taken off from Peshawar in Pakistan, was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces in Sverdlovsk, Russia. It was conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance inside Soviet territory while being flown by American pilot Francis Gary Powers, as it was hit by a surface-to-air missile. Powers parachuted to the ground and was captured.

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U-2 wreckage, 1960UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Memorandum for Record by A. J. Goodpaster - NARA - 186630Andrew GoodpasterPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Operation GRAND SLAM, 1 May 1960 (23408835712)Central Intelligence Agency from Washington, D.C.Public domainWikimedia Commons
OperationGrandSlam1960Central Intelligence AgencyPublic domainWikimedia Commons
PILOT--SPY--HERONyttendPublic domainWikimedia Commons
PowersAirSpaceMuseumВиталий БарсовCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
U-2 flightRobert M. ChapinPublic domainWikimedia Commons
U-2 Model - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency (1)The Central Intelligence AgencyPublic domainWikimedia Commons
U-2 Model - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency (2)The Central Intelligence AgencyPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Mississippi incidentUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress
Mississippi incidentUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress

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