The U-2 incident shattered the amiable "Spirit of Camp David" that had prevailed for eight months, prompting the cancellation of the summit in Paris and embarrassing the US on the …

Dec 26, 2025 · The U-2 Incident (May 1960) was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over …

On May 1, 1960, the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane was shot down while flying though Soviet airspace. The fallout over the incident resulted in the cancellation of the Paris Summit …

Nov 9, 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 …

The Soviets reportedly fired fourteen newly developed SA-2 surface-to-air missiles at his U-2. Though none hit Powers' aircraft, one of the missiles -- at the extreme limit of its range and …

After several successful U-2 flights by British pilots, however, Eisenhower relented and allowed for American pilots to fly several missions preceding a planned summit with the Soviets in May 1960.

Hopes for a successful summit were dashed when on May 1, May Day, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space. On the first day of …

Dec 26, 2025 · The May Day 1960 downing of a US U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union was one of the most famous incidents of the Cold War —and an extraordinary pile-up of mis- and dis …

On May 1, 1960, U.S. pilot* Francis Gary Powers was allegedly shot down while flying an Air Force Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance airplane, affectionately known as the …

May 18, 2018 · U-2 INCIDENT. On 1 May 1960 a U-2 reconnaissance and research aircraft piloted by Francis Gary Powers, on a surveillance mission for the CIA, was shot down over the …