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Situated in Hall 20 on the upper floor of the main museum building.

Combat Vehicle

The museum display features fragments of the U.S. Lockheed U-2C spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers, which was shot down near Sverdlovsk on May 1, 1960, by an S-75 Dvina missile after departing from a secret U.S. base in Peshawar, Pakistan for a surveillance mission over Soviet territory.

Source of information and photos: www.airforcetimes.com, theaviationist.com

Monument Text:

Commemorates:

People:

Francis Gary Powers

Units:

United States Air Force

Wars:

Cold War

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