[DOC] [TLE] 1960 U-2 incident - Wikipedia [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] 1960 U-2 incident - Wikipedia [PAR] 1960 U-2 incident. The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. [DOC] [TLE] U-2 Spy Incident - Cold War - HISTORY.com [PAR] 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 Gary Powers (1929-77). [DOC] [TLE] American U-2 spy plane shot down - May 01, 1960 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, American U-2 spy plane shot down on May 01, 1960. ... 1, 
1960, a U-2 flight piloted by Francis Gary Powers disappeared while on a flight 
over Russia. ... the stupid U-2 mess one of the worst debacles of his presidency. [DOC] [TLE] Remembering the U-2 Spy Plane Incident - History in the Headlines [PAR] May 1, 2015 ... On May 1, 1960, American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers took off on a ... but his 
mission went horribly awry after he was shot down and taken prisoner. ... an 
American U-2 plane had been blasted out of the sky over Russia. [DOC] [TLE] U-2 Overflights and the Capture of Francis Gary Powers, 1960 ... [PAR] On May 1, 1960, the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane was shot down while 
flying though ... The fallout over the incident resulted in the cancellation of the 
Paris Summit ... and the relaxation of tensions between the USSR and the United 
States. ... with his planned flight path transgressing 2,900 miles of Soviet airspace
. [DOC] [TLE] The true story behind the U2 shoot-down in Bridge of Spies - The ... [PAR] Oct 19, 2015 ... The true story behind the U2 shoot-down in Bridge of Spies ... But the real-life 
incident it portraysthe shoot down of a U2 spy aircraft over the Soviet Union in 
1960was one ... Once Powers reached his penetration altitude of 66,000 feet, 
... On May 7, 1960, almost a week after the crash, Soviet Premier... [DOC] [TLE] U2 Incident (May 1, 1960) - Cold War Museum [PAR] Shot down by a Soviet surface to air missile on the morning of May 1, 1960, ... to 
over fly and photograph denied territory from his U2 spy plane deep inside 
Russia. ... with Francis Gary Powers Jr. (Translated in Russian), circa November 
2001. [DOC] [TLE] U-2 incident facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] The U-2 is a jet-powered reconnaissance aircraft specially designed to fly at .... 
On May 1, 1960, a U-2 was shot down over Russia by a surface-to-air missile. [DOC] [TLE] Francis Gary Powers: One Man, Two Countries and ... - Military.com [PAR] In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a lone American flying at 80,000 feet above 
its cities. ... The concept of a high-altitude long-range reconnaissance plane had 
been ... Bodo Air Base, routinely compromised the U-2 missions by turning over 
flight ... On May 1, 1960, flights resumed and Powers confirmed scheduling for a... [DOC] [TLE] Pilot of infamous U-2 spy-plane flight shot down in 1960 over the ... [PAR] Jun 9, 2012 ... Fifty-two years after his U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, 
iconic ... Powers was shot out of the sky on May 1, 1960 during a top-secret ... in 
1960, shows the Russian people viewing the wreckage of a US U-2... [DOC] [TLE] U-2 Spy Plane Incident - United States History [PAR] The role of U-2 Spy Plane Incident in the history of the United States of America. 
... On May 1, 1960, U.S. pilot* Francis Gary Powers was allegedly shot down 
while ... He was 1,200 miles into Soviet Russia airspace, near Sverdlovsk, about 
850 ... What resulted was the creation of the U-2 fly-over program, with the first 
flight... [DOC] [TLE] U-2 Incident, 1960 [PAR] On

Question: His U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Russia May 1, 1960
Answer: Francis Gary Powers