Who were these two 1961 Soviet pilot defectors?

Who was the Soviet pilot who defected?

Viktor Ivanovich Belenko

Viktor Ivanovich Belenko (Russian: Виктор Иванович Беленко, born 15 February 1947) is a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and former Soviet pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his MiG-25 jet interceptor (NATO reporting name: “Foxbat”) and landed in Hakodate, Japan.

Who were the CIA defectors to Russia?

In September 1960, two U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) cryptologists, William Hamilton Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell, defected to the Soviet Union.

Which US Air Force officer was defected to the Soviet Union?

The story of his life in the Soviet Union, his defection and his early time in the US was written by John Barron in the book MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko, published in 1980. Belenko later became a consultant to the US military and aerospace industry, a public speaker and businessman.

Who was the Soviet defector to Japan?

On 13 June 1938, Lyushkov defected from the Soviet Union by crossing the border into Manchukuo with valuable secret documents about the Soviet military strength in the region, which was much greater than the Japanese had realised.

Who was the pilot shot down over Soviet Union?

Francis Gary Powers

Hopes for a successful summit were dashed when on May 1, May Day, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space. On the first day of the Paris summit, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev stormed out after delivering a condemnation of U.S. spy activities.

Who was the first Russian to defect?

Alexander Mogilny

In the fifth round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, the Buffalo Sabres selected Alexander Mogilny with the 89th overall pick. Mogilny had been called “the best 19-year-old player in the world” at the time. In May 1989, Mogilny became the first Russian player to defect from the Soviet Union in order to play in the NHL.

Who was the highest ranking Russian defector?

Stanislav Lunev (Russian: Станислав Лунев; born 1946 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet military officer, the highest-ranking GRU officer to defect from Russia to the United States.

Who was the CIA agent caught in Russia?

He had spied for the Russians for nearly a decade. Aldrich Ames and his wife both pled guilty on April 28, 1994. Aldrich Ames was sentenced to incarceration for life without the possibility of parole. Rosario Ames was sentenced on October 20, 1994 to 63 months in prison.

Who betrayed the CIA?

He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ames was a 31-year CIA counterintelligence officer who committed espionage against the U.S. by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.

Aldrich Ames
Agency	CIA
Service years	1962–1994

Who was the Cuban pilot defected?

After completing the second application flight, Martinez Machado, who is from Santa Clara and had a pilot license that was supposed to expire on Oct. 30, did not return to the runway, according to IACC. U.S. federal agents were investigating how the pilot managed the flight in the Soviet-era single-engine biplane.
 

Which Taiwanese pilot defected to China?

On 1 June 1963, Tingze Xu, a pilot in the Republic of China Air Force 43 Squadron, defected to the People’s Republic of China in a F-86F Sabre. In doing so, he took off from Hsinchu Air Base, Taiwan and landed at Longtian, Fujian province, PRC.

Why did Viktor Belenko defect?

(U.S. Air Force photo). Lieutenant Viktor Belenko decided he had had enough. Despite being considered an expert fighter pilot with one of the Soviet Union’s elite squadrons, with all the perks that went with it, Belenko was tired of the shortages and propaganda that defined much of life in the USSR.
 

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