Francis Gary Powers
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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
Pilot – Spy - Hero
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 graduated from Milligan College in Tennessee in 1950. …