.......the Russians.
Older NES members will remember Francis Gary Powers and his U2 Spyplane crash.
As we know, FP as eating an apple pie and looking down at the Tundra when it burnt his fingers and he lost control. The US PR machine, as always, cooked up a story, in this case that he was shot down by the Russians. Of course the Russians told him not to come back and he faded frm history.
Not many people know about the brave feats of Captain James (AK) Cook who put his age up to join the Air Force at Kapooka, had already made 38 flights over Russia in his little Avid Flyer which was too small to be seen at 9,000 feet. He'd grab some cold sandwiches at Marjie's Milk Bar in Bayliss Street, grab his grandma's eiderdown and be flying ocer Stalingrad two days late, taking some magnificent shots of Russian bombers ready to go, and troops being trained. His box brownie shots are in the Australian War Memorial; you just have to ask for Captain Cook's Box Brownie photos of Russia and they'll find them for you. On one occasion when he was over Kazarkhastan, Cappy......