What Really Happened when Gary Powers was Shot Down

The corresponding blog post is live over on Medium: https://amyshirateitel.medium.com/how-the-gary-powers-u-2-incident-really-unfolded-4d4e859df505?sk=d9c02ef09253280b5fa7e9c56187c183 Fighting for Space: https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Space-Pilots-Historic-Spaceflight/dp/1538716046/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1IJAO98ONQ2RC&dchild=1&keywords=breaking+the+chains+of+gravity&qid=1600885903&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+chais%2Cstripbooks%2C239&sr=1-3 Breaking the Chains of Gravity: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Chains-Gravity-Spaceflight-before/dp/1472911245/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IJAO98ONQ2RC&dchild=1&keywords=breaking+the+chains+of+gravity&qid=1600885903&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+chais%2Cstripbooks%2C239&sr=1-1 I'm Canadian and I grew up bilingual English/French. This is how I pronounce "reconnaissance." Deal with it! Part 1 in this Cold War aerial espionage series is right here: https://youtu.be/mUL0I3xbDS0 And the blog for Part 1: https://medium.com/the-vintage-space/u-2-how-the-plane-no-one-wanted-was-built-614c15961b7f?sk=cdb1a076ac5057ef77634aeba1c96372 Part 2 in this series is here: https://youtu.be/bXY0m0_h8OY *** Want to help keep The Vintage Space alive and get access to my Discord server at the same time? I've also got a PATREON PAGE! Any help is so hugely appreciated. https://www.patreon.com/amyshirateitel You can also join via YouTube Memberships for the same benefits. Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amyshirateitel/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyshirateitel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amyshirateitel Book me on Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/amyshirateitel *** Music: Groove Grove by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *** Dress: Vixen by Micheline Pitt. Not sponsored or anything, I just love her and her company values and want to shout out an incredible brand! #dontshopfastfashion