In 1954, a US Plane Flew Directly Into Russia. On May 8th, 1954, an RB-47 flying photointelligence sortie somehow entered Russia. Over the city of Arkhangelsk, 6 MiGs intercepted the RB-47 and opened fire! The RB-47's tail gunner also fired in return, but his gun got jammed. The six MiG-17s were then replaced with three new MiGs. Two of them fired on the jet but were not able to hit it due to distance. All planes were now over Finland, so the MiGs turned back. But the RB-47 was extremely low on