1962 Press Photo U.S. Air Force U2 reconnaissance plane, Oxfordshire, Britain

U2 reaches Britain---The first of three United States U2 planes flown to Britain for high-altitude weather reconnaissance touches down with one wing low at the United Strategic Air Command base in Oxfordshire today after a seven-hour flight from Plattsburgh, New York. The plane is the same type of aircraft flown by Francis Gary Powers when he was brought down over Russia two years ago to precipitate a cold war crisis (Oxfordshire) (Britain) (United Sates Air Force) (Plaines) (Reconnaissance)

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.