Francis Gary Powers was the pilot of the U-2 (USA spy plane) shot down while flying over the Soviet Union airspace on May 1, 1960. The event sparked one of the greatest international crises of the Cold War.
Barbara Gay Moore
Francis Gary Powers The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident - 1976 TV is rated/received certificates of: Iceland:L
it gave the Soviets proof we were spying on them
Francis Gary Powers was the pilot of the Lockheed U2 spy plane that was shot down by the former USSR with a surface to air missile (SAM) in 1960. After lengthy negotiations, a prisoner exchange was made returning Powers to the United States. [JMH]
Francis Powers was shot down on May 1, 1960. He was convicted of espionage by the Soviets and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was exchanged for some Soviet spies after serving less then two years of the sentence.
Francis Gary Powers' father's name was Oliver.
Francis Gary Powers was born on August 17, 1929.
Francis Gary Powers was born on August 17, 1929.
Francis Gary Powers died on August 1, 1977 at the age of 47.
Francis Gary Powers died on August 1, 1977 at the age of 47.
Francis Gary Powers was born on August 17, 1929 and died on August 1, 1977. Francis Gary Powers would have been 47 years old at the time of death or 85 years old today.
Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?
Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot his u-2 spyplane was shot down while over the USSR causing the 1960 U2 incident
Barbara Gay Moore
Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident - 1976 TV is rated/received certificates of: Iceland:L
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