U-2 spy plane (1960, Gary Powers)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U-2_spy_plane_(1960,_Gary_Powers)
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft incident
gptkbp:aircraftType gptkb:Lockheed_U-2
gptkbp:capturedPilot gptkb:Francis_Gary_Powers
gptkbp:date 1960-05-01
gptkbp:event gptkb:U-2_incident
gptkbp:exchangeLocation Glienicke Bridge, Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U-2 spy plane (1960, Gary Powers)
gptkbp:internationalImpact U-2 crisis of 1960
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sverdlovsk,_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:missionType reconnaissance
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor exposing US reconnaissance over USSR
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkbp:pilot gptkb:Francis_Gary_Powers
gptkbp:pilotExchangedFor gptkb:Rudolf_Abel
gptkbp:pilotReleased 1962
gptkbp:pilotSentence 10 years imprisonment
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Eisenhower_administration
gptkb:Khrushchev
gptkbp:result gptkb:diplomat
aircraft destroyed
pilot captured
gptkbp:shotDownBy Soviet S-75 Dvina missile
gptkbp:trial gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:S-75_Dvina
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7