Monday 19 December 2016

Remains of CIA U-2 Spy Aircraft shot down 01 May 1960

Remains of CIA U-2 Spy Aircraft piloted by Frances Gary Powers, shot down 01 May 1960, displayed at the Russian Armed Forces Museum in Moscow, 03 November 2016. The wreckage is in the room with displays about USSR and Russian Air Defence Forces (PVO-stranny). Above the wreckage is a main stage (warhead) of the S-75 Dvina SAM anti-aircraft missile type used to shoot down the U-2.