On 1st August 1977, Francis Gary Powers, one of the best-known American pilots of the Cold War era, died in a helicopter crash. Powers was born on 17th August 1929, in Jenkins, Kentucky. Reportedly, he […]
Francis Gary Powers, one of the best-known American pilots of the Cold War era, was born on 17 August 1929, in Jenkins, Kentucky. Interested in aviation from an early age, he graduated with a bachelor’s […]
´U-2 incident´ Francis Gary Powers, flying the U-2 spy-aircraft, was shot down near Sverdlovsk. If you want to learn more about the incident and its background, we recommend to check one of our ´Photo of […]
The wreckage of the Lockheed U-2C, a United States spy aeroplane (code name Article 360, 56-6693), which was shot down near Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg) on 1st May 1960. The aircraft is currently on display at […]
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