American Broadcasting Company Collection, 1943 - 7/5/1986. Audio Recordings of ABC Radio News Programs Including News Commentaries, Special Events, Public Affairs, Actuality News, and Some Sports and Entertainment, 1943 - 1971. FRANCIS GARY POWERS.

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American Broadcasting Company Collection, 1943 - 7/5/1986. Audio Recordings of ABC Radio News Programs Including News Commentaries, Special Events, Public Affairs, Actuality News, and Some Sports and Entertainment, 1943 - 1971. FRANCIS GARY POWERS.

1943 - 1971

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SNAC Resource ID: 11644076

National Archives at College Park

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Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977

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Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. He later worked as a helicopter pilot for KNBC in Los Angeles and died in a 1977 helicopter crash....