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When China shot down five U-2 spy planes at the height of the Cold War
- rmason 4y agoThough I was a little boy at the time I remember quite well when Gary Powers was shot down in the USSR piloting his U2 spy plane. I am a pretty avid student of history and never knew we were flying U2's over China with Taiwanese pilots. Pretty certain the two pilots (out of the five) shot down who survived and were taken prisoner by the Chinese did not make the news in America. Met a retired U2 pilot once who had flown over North Korea multiple times. He didn't volunteer the information (relative told me) and politely refused to answer most of my questions. Even in retirement most of what I wanted to know was still classified.
- abudabi123 4y agoPilots should have flown the Blackbird single seater.
- ggm 4y agoThe forces museum in Beijing with the U2 parts is wonderful. Well worth the visit.