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