mjt@mcnc.org (Michael Tighe) (11/04/89)
From: Michael Tighe <mjt@mcnc.org> >From: stuart@rennet.cs.wisc.edu (Stuart Friedberg) > Third, although I can't find my sources right now, Powers' U-2 had > definitely suffered some kind of mechanical failure. He was forced to > reduce altitude significantly. (I believe it was to restart engines.) If this is true, then Powers never admitted it. Powers and Johnson concluded that he got whacked by the shock waves of a barrage of SA-2's. > Note that at least one, and I think two, U-2's were shot down over Cuba by > SA-2's. However, I think they were operating at lower altitudes. Just one was shot down (Andersen). Two others were lost due to unknown causes. ------------- Michael Tighe Internet: mjt@ncsc.org