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- Francis Gary Powers was born on August 17, 1929 in Jenkins, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer, known for Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976), Le monde parallèle (1967) and The David Frost Show (1969). He was married to Claudia Edwards Downey and Barbara Gay Moore. He died on August 1, 1977 in Encino, California, USA.
- SpousesClaudia Edwards Downey(October 26, 1963 - August 1, 1977) (his death, 1 child)Barbara Gay Moore(April 2, 1955 - January 1963) (divorced, 1 child)
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- US air force captain who, on May 1, 1960, piloted a U-2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. In 1962 he was exchanged for convicted Russian spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel.
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