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Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) – often referred to as simply Gary Powers – was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CIA FOIA – Francis Gary Powers: U-2 Spy Pilot Shot Down by the Soviets )〕 U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
==Early life==
Powers was born in Jenkins, Kentucky, the son of Ida Melinda (Ford) and Oliver Winfield Powers, a coal miner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Francis Gary Powers (1929 - 1977) - Find A Grave Memorial )〕 He grew up in Pound, Virginia, just across the state border. He was the second born and only male of six children. His family lived in a mining town, and because of the hardships associated with the life in such a town, his father wanted Powers to become a doctor - he wanted his son to achieve the higher earnings from such a profession and hoped that the life of a doctor would involve less hardship than a job in his hometown.〔
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