Francis Gary Powers
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican pilot shot down flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union (1929-1977)
United StatesLived 1929 to 1977 · aged 47Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a secret CIA spying mission over the Soviet Union.
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Powers next to a U-2
Powers in 1960, wearing his special pressure suit for stratospheric flying
Wooden U-2 model used by Powers when he testified to the Senate Committee. The wings and tail are detached to demonstrate the aircraft's breakup.
Powers while he was in Soviet custody
Clarence Johnson and Francis Gary Powers in front of a U-2
Powers with first wife, Barbara, in 1962
Powers in 1973, reporting for KGILAwards 4
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Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a secret CIA spying mission over the Soviet Union. Powers survived, but was captured and sentenced to 10 years in a Soviet prison for espionage. He served 21 months of his sentence before being released in a prisoner swap in 1962.
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