<P> On 1 May 1960 , a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory . The aircraft , flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers , was hit by an S - 75 Dvina ( SA - 2 Guideline ) surface - to - air missile and crashed near Sverdlovsk ( today 's Yekaterinburg ) . Powers parachuted safely and was captured . </P>
<P> On 1 May 1960 , a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory . The aircraft , flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers , was hit by an S - 75 Dvina ( SA - 2 Guideline ) surface - to - air missile and crashed near Sverdlovsk ( today 's Yekaterinburg ) . Powers parachuted safely and was captured . </P>
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