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Francis Gary Powers

Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977)

Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Lockheed U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.

17 August 1929

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