Francis Gary Powers
American pilot shot down flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union (1929-1977)
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- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 1977
- Works
- 8
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 61,628x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,303x
- Dynamic capabilities and strategic management
· 1997 · cited 19,798x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
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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. 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 1962.
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 1977, when the KNBC helicopter he was flying crashed.
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1929 births1977 deathsAmerican people convicted of spying for the United StatesAmerican people imprisoned in the Soviet UnionAmerican prisoners of warAmerican spies against the Soviet UnionAviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United StatesBurials at Arlington National CemeteryCIA agents convicted of crimesFilms about shot-down aviatorsInmates of Vladimir Central Prison