Francis Gary Powers

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aviator human military pilot

Francis Gary Powers was an American U-2 spy plane pilot whose shootdown and capture over the Soviet Union in 1960 became a major Cold War flashpoint.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Francis Gary Powers canonical	13
Francis Gary Powers Jr.	1
Francis Gary Powers Sr.	1
Francis Gary Powers, Sr.	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aviator ⓘ human ⓘ military pilot ⓘ
aircraftFlown	Lockheed U-2 ⓘ news helicopter ⓘ
awardReceived	Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ National Defense Service Medal ⓘ Prisoner of War Medal ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ
capturedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
causeOfDeath	airplane crash ⓘ
charge	espionage ⓘ
child	Francis Gary Powers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Francis Gary Powers Jr.
conflict	Cold War ⓘ
convictedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-08-17 ⓘ
dateOfCapture	1960-05-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1977-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfRelease	1962-02-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Milligan College ⓘ United States Air Force pilot training ⓘ
employer	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ KNBC-TV ⓘ Lockheed Martin ⓘ surface form: Lockheed Los Angeles television station ⓘ
exchangedFor	Rudolf Abel ⓘ
familyName	Powers incident ⓘ surface form: Powers
fullName	Francis Gary Powers self-link ⓘ
givenName	Francisco ⓘ surface form: Francis Gary ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	accident ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
notableEvent	1960 U-2 incident ⓘ
notableWork	U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ surface form: U-2 reconnaissance missions over the Soviet Union
occupation	CIA pilot ⓘ pilot ⓘ test pilot ⓘ
participantIn	1960 U-2 shootdown over the Soviet Union ⓘ U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ surface form: U-2 reconnaissance program
placeOfBirth	Jenkins, Kentucky ⓘ
placeOfCapture	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Encino, Los Angeles, California
sentence	imprisonment in the Soviet Union ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Barbara Gay Moore ⓘ Claudia Edwards Downey ⓘ
subjectOf	Bridge of Spies ⓘ surface form: film "Bridge of Spies" numerous books on the U-2 incident ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U-2 incident of 1960 → pilot → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Powers incident → pilot → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Lockheed U-2 → notablePilot → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Francis Gary Powers → fullName → Francis Gary Powers self-link ⓘ

Francis Gary Powers → child → Francis Gary Powers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Francis Gary Powers Jr.

Paris Summit of 1960 → hasRelatedPerson → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Bridge of Spies → portrays → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Dragon Lady → involvesPilot → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

subject surface form: 1960 U-2 incident

Rudolf Abel → exchangedFor → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Powers → hasNotableBearer → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Claudia Edwards Downey → spouse → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Claudia Edwards Downey → saidToBeTheFirstWifeOf → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

Claudia Edwards Downey → spouse → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Francis Gary Powers, Sr.

Barbara Gay Moore → spouse → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Francis Gary Powers Sr.

Barbara Gay Moore → participant → Francis Gary Powers ⓘ

subject surface form: 1960 U-2 incident