[texas booster]

With thanks to Robert S Hopkins III, whose forthcoming book, Crowded Skies: Cold War Reconnaissance over the Baltic, provides more details of the U-2 operations from Bodø.

Lots of pics at the site, well worth heading over to view.

[texas booster]

This is a follow on article from the earlier articles about the closing of Bodø Air Base in Norway.

Norway closes main air base above Arctic Circle

Technicians load a type A-2 camera set into a U-2’s equipment bay. This camera configuration was used on the first U-2 Soviet overflight on July 4, 1956.

[larryjohnson]

I was in the weather central forecasting U2 overflights which continued 62 to 64

[mylife]

thanks, I worked dragon lady for 17 years

[Laslo Fripp]

It’s ironic that Powers died in a helicopter accident while reporting traffic for KNBC in Los Angeles.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I read that almost for the entire 1950s, the world’s entire space program was only captured German V-2 rockets for all sides. Heard that Spudnik was launched from a 2 stage V-2 rocket.