Summary of Michael R. Beschloss's Mayday

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 In South Asia, it was Sunday, the first of May. Inside the well-guarded hangar at Peshawar, two hours after midnight, Francis Gary Powers rose from his cot and prepared for his mission. He would fly 3,788 miles north to Bodö, Norway, bisecting the Soviet land mass at the Urals. #2 The U-2 was so fragile that when one was buzzed by two curious Canadian jets over West Germany, it broke up amid the shock waves. T