Story of American U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down By Soviets.

Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady (Photo: USAF)

The cold war arch rival United States of America and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) caught themselves in an international diplomatic crisis in May, 1960. When the Union of Soviet Republics (USSR) shot down an American spy agency CIA operated Lockheed Martin U-2 'Dragon Lady' High Altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft flying in Soviet airspace for reconnaissance missions.