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Francis Gary Powers war ein US-amerikanischer Pilot. Er wurde am 1. Mai 1960 während eines Spionagefluges von der sowjetischen Luftverteidigung bei Swerdlowsk mit einer damals neuartigen Flugabwehrrakete abgeschossen, gefangen genommen und als Spion verurteilt.
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) 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.
1. Mai 2021 · Mai 1960 wurde U-2-Pilot Francis Gary Powers abgeschossen. Immer wieder sorgten Spionageoperationen bei ihrer Aufdeckung international für politische Krisen. In einer Hochzeit des Kalten Kriegs war es der Abschuss eines US-Spionageflugzeugs über dem Gebiet der Sowjetunion, welcher monatelang die Schlagzeilen beherrschte.
Vor 6 Tagen · Francis Gary Powers, pilot who was captured on May 1, 1960, while on a reconnaissance flight deep inside the Soviet Union. The capture, known as the U-2 incident, resulted in the cancellation by the Soviet Union of a conference with the United States, Great Britain, and France.
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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.
Learn about the life and death of Francis Gary Powers, who was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960 while flying a CIA U-2 reconnaissance plane. Read how he survived the crash, endured interrogation, and was executed for espionage.
3. Jan. 2016 · Gary Powers, the US pilot in the Cold War prisoner exchange depicted in Bridge of Spies, returned home to a chorus of criticism - but was this fair?
