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On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory.
Zestrzelenie U-2, znane także jako Incydent U-2 – jeden z najpoważniejszych incydentów zimnej wojny, który miał miejsce 1 maja 1960 roku, kiedy amerykański samolot szpiegowski Lockheed U-2 został zestrzelony przez radzieckie Wojska Obrony Przeciwlotniczej podczas wykonywania fotograficznego rozpoznania powietrznego nad terytorium ZSRR.
19 lip 2024 · U-2 Incident, (1960), confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.
9 lis 2009 · An international diplomatic crisis erupted in May 1960 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air space and captured its pilot, Francis...
29 maj 2024 · On May 1, 1960, a U-2 was shot down over the Soviet Union, precipitating the U-2 Affair, and in 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis, a U-2 took photographs that confirmed the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.
U-2 Overflights and the Capture of Francis Gary Powers, 1960. On May 1, 1960, the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane was shot down while flying though Soviet airspace.
13 lis 2009 · An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet...
