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Aircraft History Built by Lockheed. Delivered to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as U-2A serial number 56-6693 "Item 360". Mission History On May 1, 1960 took off piloted by CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers. Over the Ural mountains, shot down by a Soviet anti-aircraft missile and Powers bailed out and this aircraft crashed near Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk). Fate of the Pilot Powers was captured and later put on trial and convicted as a spy. Wreckage After the crash, the wreckage of this U-2 was recovered and studied by the Soviet Union. Later, the wreckage was placed on display at several museums. Some wreckage is displayed at the Museum of Military Technology, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) near where the U-2 was shot down. Other wreckage is displayed at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow. The display includes the pilot's seat, exterior skin wreckage and a portion of the cockpit frame. References Bridge of Spies (2015) depicts this U-2 mission Contribute
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