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.

Aliases (1)

Francis Gary Powers Jr. ×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 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 → Los Angeles television station →
exchangedFor	Rudolf Abel →
familyName	Powers →
fullName	Francis Gary Powers →
givenName	Francis → Gary →
mannerOfDeath	accident →
militaryBranch	United States Air Force →
notableEvent	1960 U-2 incident →
notableWork	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 reconnaissance program →
placeOfBirth	Jenkins, Kentucky →
placeOfCapture	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union →
placeOfDeath	Encino, Los Angeles, California →
sentence	imprisonment in the Soviet Union →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Barbara Gay Moore → Claudia Edwards Downey →
subjectOf	film "Bridge of Spies" → numerous books on the U-2 incident →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Powers incident → U-2 incident of 1960 →	pilot
Francis Gary Powers ("Francis Gary Powers Jr.") →	child
Francis Gary Powers →	fullName
Paris Summit of 1960 →	hasRelatedPerson
Lockheed U-2 →	notablePilot
Bridge of Spies →	portrays