Sunday Photo - The 1960 U-2 Incident
Posted by Pete Ward on 1 May 2016 07:44:00 BST In Military History, Featured
On 1 May 1960 a U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. The pilot, Francis Gary Powers, was on an aerial reconnaissance mission when he was hit by a surface-to-air missile. He managed to parachute to safety but soon found himself in Soviet hands...Continue Reading
