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Francis Gary Powers
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Born
August 17
,
1929
·
Jenkins, Kentucky, USA
Died
August 1
,
1977
·
Encino, California, USA
(helicopter crash)
Mini Bio
Francis Gary Powers was born on August 17, 1929 in Jenkins, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer, known for
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976)
,
Le monde parallèle (1967)
and
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
. He was married to Claudia Edwards Downey and Barbara Gay Moore. He died on August 1, 1977 in Encino, California, USA.
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Spouses
Claudia Edwards Downey
(October 26, 1963 - August 1, 1977) (his death, 1 child)
Barbara Gay Moore
(April 2, 1955 - January 1963) (divorced, 1 child)
Trivia
US air force captain who, on May 1, 1960, piloted a U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. In 1962 he was exchanged for convicted Russian spy
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
.
Father of
Francis Gary Powers Jr.
.
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