Francis Gary Powers

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This file appears in: Pilot – Spy - Hero
Francis Gary Powers

Francis Gary Powers is shown here with a model of the U-2 spy plane. Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute.

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 graduated from Milligan College in Tennessee in 1950. …