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Francis Gary Powers

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Pilot
Died
Aug 1, 1977
Zodiac
Leo
Born in
Kentucky
About
United States Air Force pilot and U-2 spy mission pilot for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He is best remembered for his involvement in the Cold War U-2 incident of 1960, in which his plane was shot down by Soviet Union soldiers.
Family
He was born in Kentucky and raised in Virginia. He died in a 1977 helicopter accident, leaving behind a wife and two children.

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