Francis Gary Powers

ID: 938
This file appears in: Pilot – Spy - Hero

U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers is shown in this photograph that predated the Cold War incident. Courtesy of the Associated Press.

This file appears in: Pilot – Spy - Hero

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1732 in Whitesburg notes the Cold War U-2 spy incident involving Letcher County native Francis Gary Powers. Powers was born in Jenkins, Kentucky, on August 17, 1929. He…