U2 Affair (1 apr 1960 anni – 1 feb 1962 anni)

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Who/Where
5/1/1960
Soviet airspace, American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers

What/Why
Soviet military shot down a U2 spy plane going to Norway from Pakistan over Soviet airspace
US claimed the flight was for routine weather monitoring, but the USSR recovered the wreckage and claimed otherwise
2/1962, Powers was traded for a soviet spy after serving 2 years in Soviet prison
Resulted in the cancellation of the Paris Summit

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