On This Day in History / May 1, 2024 1960: Soviet air defenses shot down a U-2 from Incirlik AB while flying from Pakistan to Norway. They captured Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pilot Francis Gary Powers near Sverdlovsk.An excellent article on the shootdown appeared in the Journal of the AFHF in the 2023 Summer Special Issue—”The SA–2 and U–2: The Rest of the Story,” by John Schell.https://www.afhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Summer-Special-Issue-Final.pdf