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Francis Gary Powers
Living place: California
Birthday: 17-8-1929
Population of US 1929: 121,767,000
Global rank: #73829
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Who is Pilot Francis Gary Powers?
Francis Gary Powers is known as a pilot in the US Air Force and flies reconnaissance for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Francis Gary Powers is best remembered for the event that when he flew due to greed with the U-2, he was shot down by Soviet soldiers and taken prisoner in 1960.
In 1965 he received the star award. CIA intelligence officer after returning from the Soviet Union.
In 2000 receiving the U-2 incident he was posthumously awarded the War Medal for what he had done in his career.
Date On 15 June 2012 he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his loyalty during interrogation at the Lubyanka prison in Moscow.
Francis Gary Powers is known as a pilot in the US Air Force and flies reconnaissance for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Francis Gary Powers is best remembered for the event that when he flew due to greed with the U-2, he was shot down by Soviet soldiers and taken prisoner in 1960.
In 1965 he received the star award. CIA intelligence officer after returning from the Soviet Union.
In 2000 receiving the U-2 incident he was posthumously awarded the War Medal for what he had done in his career.
Date On 15 June 2012 he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his loyalty during interrogation at the Lubyanka prison in Moscow.
In June 1950 he graduated from Milligan College in Tennessee, and in October he joined the Air Force.
December 1952 he completed his advanced training course in the pilot program for pilot training lift pilots. 52-H in the US Air Force at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona, he was appointed second lieutenant.
In January 1956 he was recruited to work at the CIA.
From May to August In 1956 he attended U-2 training at the Watertown Strip in Nevada. Then he was sent to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.
In 1960 he made many aerial reconnaissance flights.
December 1952 he completed his advanced training course in the pilot program for pilot training lift pilots. 52-H in the US Air Force at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona, he was appointed second lieutenant.
In January 1956 he was recruited to work at the CIA.
From May to August In 1956 he attended U-2 training at the Watertown Strip in Nevada. Then he was sent to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.
In 1960 he made many aerial reconnaissance flights.
His father was a miner named Oliver Winfield Powers. His mother was Ida Melinda Powers (also known as Ford). His family at one time moved to live in Pound, Virginia. He is the second child in a family of six siblings. His father had hoped that he would become a doctor so that he would have a less difficult life.
He married Barbara Gay Moore in April 1956 and divorced in 1963.
The same year. 1963 he married his second wife, Claudia Edwards Downey.
He had two children, Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Dee Rogers.
He married Barbara Gay Moore in April 1956 and divorced in 1963.
The same year. 1963 he married his second wife, Claudia Edwards Downey.
He had two children, Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Dee Rogers.
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He was portrayed by actor Lee Majors in the television series Gary Powers: The True Story of U-2 Spy Incident
He was portrayed by actor Lee Majors in the television series Gary Powers: The True Story of U-2 Spy Incident
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When was Pilot Francis Gary Powers born?
Francis Gary Powers was born in 17-8-1929, death year is , at the age of 95.
Where is Pilot Francis Gary Powers's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Francis Gary Powers was born in Kentucky, . Mr working and living in Encino - Los Angeles - California. Mr, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Francis Gary Powers's global rank is 73829 and whose rank is 69 in list of famous Pilot. Population of US in 1929 is about 121,767,000 persons.
Francis Gary Powers was born in 17-8-1929, death year is , at the age of 95.
Where is Pilot Francis Gary Powers's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Francis Gary Powers was born in Kentucky, . Mr working and living in Encino - Los Angeles - California. Mr, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Francis Gary Powers's global rank is 73829 and whose rank is 69 in list of famous Pilot. Population of US in 1929 is about 121,767,000 persons.
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Events in 1929 and 17-8
Events in US in the birth year of Francis Gary Powers
- St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago (Feb. 14).
- Stock market prices plummet (Nov.-Dec.). U.S. securities lose $26 billion, marking the first financial disaster of the Great Depression
Birthday Francis Gary Powers (17-8) in history
- Day 17-8 year 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, began its trip up the Hudson River to Albany.
- Day 17-8 year 1863: Fort Sumter, S.C. was bombarded by Union ships during the Civil War.
- Day 17-8 year 1896: Prospectors found gold in Alaska, a discovery that set off the Klondike gold rush.
- Day 17-8 year 1945: Indonesian nationalists proclaimed independence from the Netherlands.
- Day 17-8 year 1962: 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot and killed by guards at the Berlin Wall, spurring riots.
- Day 17-8 year 1969: Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.
- Day 17-8 year 1978: The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside of Paris.
- Day 17-8 year 1987: Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's second in command, committed suicide.
- Day 17-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Games. Phelps also set the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.
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