Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Powers, Francis Gary

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

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		United States Air Force pilot Francis Gary Powers known from the 1960 U-2 incident 17 August 1929 (+) is born in Jenkins, United States. 1 May 1960 (x) A Lockheed U-2 spy aircraft with Powers on board is shot down by the first of three SA-2 Guideline (S-75 Dvina) surface-to-air missiles fired by a battery commanded by Mikhail Voronov in Aramil, Russia. 19 August 1960 (x) is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for spying in Moscow, Russia. 10 February 1962 (x) The United States and Russia exchange Powers along with U.S. student Frederic Pryor for Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher aka Rudolf Abel in a well-publicized spy swap in Berlin, Germany. 1 August 1977 (-) dies in a Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter crash in Encino, United States.
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