CIA Powers, Francis Gary

Heroines of SOE
By Beryl E. Escott

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Powers
  • FORENAME
Francis Gary
  • UNIT
CIA U-2 Program
  • RANK
Civilian (pilot)
  • NUMBER

  • AWARD
Intelligence Star
  • PLACE
1963
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 17.8.1929 Jenkins,Kentucky
son of Oliver and Ida Powers
grew up in Pound,Virginia
graduated Milligan College,Johnson City,Tennessee
commissioned 2Lt,USAF 1950
pilot
468 Strategic Fighter Squadron
discharged 1956 (Captain)
CIA U-2 Program 1956
U-2 shot down 1.5.1960 Russia - captured
prisoner exchange 10.2.1962
test pilot,Lockheed 1963-70
reporter,KGIL radio station,Los Angeles
helicopter pilot,KNBC TV station,Los Angeles
married Barbara Moore 1955 until 1962
married Claudia (Sue) Edwards 1963
2 children
author "Operation Overflight:A Memoir of the U-2 Incident" (1970)
posthumous awards Silver Star 2012 and D.F.C. 2000
killed in helicopter crash 1.8.1977 California
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 11 Lot 685-2 Grid O/P-15.5
 
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