{"product_id":"lost-black-cats-paperback","title":"Lost Black Cats - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn May 1, 1960, a U-2 was shot down over Russia and its pilot, Gary Powers, was captured, followed by Premier Khrushchev using the long-waited summit meeting in Paris as a public platform to denounce U.S. intrusion on Russian air space and to demand an apology from President Eisenhower. All these events made U-2 a world-renowned spyplane. This extraordinary high altitude reconnaissance aircraft had also been used over China and her vicinity. A US-ROC joint entity (Black Cat Squadron) was organized to conduct the operation from Taiwan for fifteen years. Five U-2s were shot down by Communist surface-to-air missiles. Two of the Nationalist Chinese pilots survived the missile explosion, yet were severely wounded, and then captured by the People\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51434116645087,"sku":"9781418499174","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8dWOm7WJle9781418499174.webp?v=1790024424","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/lost-black-cats-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}