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Francis Gary Powers
American pilot (–)
For other people named Francis Powers, see Francis Powers (disambiguation).
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, &#;&#; August 1, ) 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 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a secret CIA spying mission over the Soviet Union. Powers survived, but was captured and sentenced to 10 years in a Soviet prison for espionage. He served 21 months of his sentence before being released in a prisoner swap in
After returning to the US, he worked at Lockheed as a test pilot for the U-2, and later as a helicopter pilot for Los Angeles news station KNBC. He died in , when the KNBC helicopter he was flying crashed.
Early life and education
Powers was born August 17, , in Jenkins, Kentucky, the son of Oliver, a coal miner, and his wife Ida. Powers was the only boy among the family's six children. Oliver, who Rudolph abel biography.