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26 paź 2012 · On October 27, 1962, U‑2 pilot Rudolf Anderson Jr. was shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His death may have saved the lives of millions.
The only U.S. fatality by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Anderson died when his U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over Cuba. He had previously served in Korea during the Korean War.
21 paź 2012 · Maj. Rudolf Anderson was the only American casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis, shot down by SA-2 surface to air missiles on Oct. 27, 1962. U.S. Air Force photo. Based on imagery from Corona satellites that made him suspect a Soviet build-up, President John F. Kennedy ordered a U-2 flight over Cuba on Oct. 9, 1962.
26 paź 2023 · The U-2 that crashed in Bolivia after its pilot died suffering hypoxia while overflying Cuba and after US Navy F-4s failed to shoot it down
23 paź 2022 · His pilotless plane then spun out of control and fell 13 miles to Earth, crashing near the Cuban village of Veguitas. “It didn’t take much to bring a U-2 down,” Tougias said.
27 paź 2023 · For example, on October 27, 1962, a Soviet air defense commander independently ordered the shoot-down of an American U-2 taking photos over Cuba. Pilot Maj. Rudolf Anderson was killed. On the same day, American destroyer boats dropped practice depth charges into the ocean to try to force Soviet submarines to surface.
23 paź 2022 · The debris of an American U-2 airplane shot down by the Cubans during the 1962 missile crisis is scattered over the ground on Oct. 27, 1962. The airplane, piloted by Maj. Rudolph...
