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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.
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.
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
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.
12 cze 2024 · The next day, not only did Khrushchev say any deal must also include the U.S. removing nuclear missiles from Turkey, a U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba, killing Air Force Maj....
27 paź 2022 · Generals Gorbuz and Grechko had decided to order the SAM installation at Banes, Cuba, to shoot down the U-2 after it overflew the latest Soviet deployments in eastern Cuba, including cruise missiles within 15 miles of Guantanamo.
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 Anderson, was...
