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 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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It doesn't kill anyone to learn about history. Most youth suffer from ignorance.
Did the Soviets gather much intel from the crashed plane? Appreciate the work you do for our country.
https://twitter.com/20committee/status/900792819253735424 … North Korean spies caught trying to steal plans in the Ukraine
"powers avoided" @AONNRecords
The next war will be an economic war in that who will control this world. USA or China + Russia. Keep pushing yourself on that front.
Ну вы и сказочники! "На трактор, озеро, линии электропередачи,..". Как это романтично) И быть захваченным двумя трактористами)))
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