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Dwight D. Eisenhower

U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace

Sunday May 1, 1960
U.S.S.R.

On May 1, 1960, a U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace. The flight was made to gain photo intelligence before the scheduled opening of an east-west summit conference, which had been scheduled in Paris, 15 days later.


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