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From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: U2 Shootdowns
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Date: 31 Oct 89 04:07:03 GMT
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From: lanl.gov!cmcl2!yale!spock!soup (Constantin von Wentzel)
In article <10579@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write:
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>From: Michael Tighe <amdcad!mjt@mcnc.org>
>dep@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (David Pugh) writes:

>*Many* U2s have been shot down. They are just not publicized. Another U2
>victim was Major Rudolph Andersen, who was shot down in over Cuba during
>the Cuban Missile Crisis. He did not survive.

Yeah, he was shot down but the difference was, that he had to fly at a 
relativly low altitude to confirm the mislle buildup over cuba. Since the
U2 is a relativly slow flying plane it is no real wonder HOW he got shot
down. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that the U2's used over Cuba
had to fly low, this is what I remember seeing in a film about that crisis
a year ago.

				Constantin von Wentzel