OTD 1977: Former U2 pilot Francis Gary #Powers was killed when his helicopter crashed due to a faulty fuel gauge.
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Powers, stuck in the rapidly descending plane, was unable to activate the U-2’s self-destruct mechanism before he finally freed himself.pic.twitter.com/JqyxnnDP9l
Powers avoided landing on a tractor, in a lake, & on crackling power lines, but was seized by 2 men following him from the ground.pic.twitter.com/xNBORqmOZD
Powers was taken to KGB headquarters & questioned 11 hours a day, 7 days a week. He was tried for espionage, lost, & sentenced to 10 years.pic.twitter.com/bt4RJlgDPm
Almost 2 yrs later, #Powers was exchanged on Glienicke Bridge -Bridge of Spies- for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy convicted of espionage in US.pic.twitter.com/JcKbIE2KhY
Powers continued working for CIA, training officers to cope while being interrogated, until he became a @LockheedMartin U-2 test pilot.pic.twitter.com/4pi0uQn9he
1965: Powers was awarded the CIA Intelligence Star “for voluntary acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions…”pic.twitter.com/BOeSkgiEge
As a traffic pilot-reporter for @NBCLA Powers died 1 Aug 1977 when his helicopter crashed due to a faulty fuel gauge
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He looks as if he would never be left out of your plans! Period!
When they come to look for the dictator @NicolasMaduro and the drug trafficker @dcabellor in #Venezuela ?
Rest in peace heros.
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