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Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) 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.
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.
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.
1 maj 2020 · Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union 60 years ago today on May 1, 1960. His U-2 spy plane was hit by an SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile, one of 14 fired at him as...
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.
21 sty 2019 · When a U-2C crashed on a spy mission over the Soviet Union in 1960, the United States tried to cover up the incident. Pilot Frances Gary Powers was not at fault—but it took decades for some in the public to accept that. Photo: USAF.
21 cze 2012 · Capt. Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of the Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960 and created an international incident, has received a posthumous award of the Silver Star, the nation’s third highest decoration for valor, from the Air Force.
