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7 lis 2022 · In 1960—during the heart of the #coldwar —CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers flew his aircraft on a spy mission “deeper into #russia ” than any U.S. pilot had flown before. Over Soviet territory...
Flown by American pilot Francis Gary Powers, the aircraft had taken off from Peshawar, Pakistan, and crashed near Sverdlovsk (present-day Yekaterinburg), after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. Powers parachuted to the ground and was captured.
Powers’ U-2 was shot down on May 1, 1960, as he flew over Soviet airspace, and after parachuting out of the plane he was captured and convicted of espionage. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison but was freed on Feb. 10, 1962, in exchange for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
24 gru 2022 · In 1960, Francis Gary Powers made headlines as the first U-2 pilot to be shot down. Captured in Russia, his safe return was demanded by the United States. Instead, the Russians sentenced him...
Francis Gary Powers (ur. 17 sierpnia 1929 w Jenkins, zm. 1 sierpnia 1977 w Los Angeles) – amerykański pilot wojskowy, wypełniający zadania szpiegowskie na rzecz Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki.
In 1960, Francis Gary Powers made headlines as the first U-2 pilot to be shot down. Captured in Russia, his safe return was demanded by the United States. Instead, the Russians sentenced him to ten years in prison, beginning the “U-2 Incident” and heightening Cold War tensions. ORDER EPISODE PREVIEW VIDEO.
Fifty-five years ago this May, Francis Gary Powers was piloting a U-2 on a reconnaissance mission for the Central Intelligence Agency when he was shot down over the Soviet Union. This flight was to be the first U-2 flight across the whole of Russia; it turned out to also be the last.
