Powers was flying a CIA operated U2 not a USAF one.
I saw a 'big plane with 6 engines pointing backwards' near my home not far from Bovingdon about this time. I ran indoors and told my brother (I was about 3 yrs old, he would have been about 7) and he hit me saying I was lying, there was no such thing!
Anyway I doubt if it landed at Bovingdon, but what was it doing there? It was about the right height to be going there.
Last edited by chevvron; 19th Sep 2013 at 02:08.