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#2 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/19/2021 #8

In 1960, a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage. (Although sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment, Powers was returned to the United States in 1962 as part of a prisoner exchange.) #GaryPowers

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/10/2022 #7

In 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (William August Fisher), a Soviet spy held by the U.S. #GaryPowers

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In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. #GaryPowers

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/08/2022 #5

In 1960, Francis Gary Powers, the US pilot of the U-2 spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union, was charged with espionage. He was convicted of espionage and sentenced to ten years confinement, but was released on February 8th 1962. #GaryPowers

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/01/2022 #10

In 1977, former U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, working as a traffic reporter for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, was killed with his cameraman, George Spears, when their helicopter ran out of fuel and crashed; Powers was 47. #GaryPowers

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/17/2025 #3

In 1929, Francis Gary Powers was born in Jenkins, KY. #GaryPowers

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