Operation Overflight
By Francis Gary Powers and Curt GentryRead by Jon Lindstrom
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Published on Sep 15, 2015 | 14 Hours 26 Minutes
Published on Sep 15, 2015 | 14 Hours 26 Minutes
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Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers (1929–1977) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. On June 15, 2012, Powers was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for “demonstrating ‘exceptional loyalty’ while enduring harsh interrogation in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow for almost two years.”
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Curt Gentry
Curt Gentry (1931–2014), an Edgar Award winner, was the author of J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets and Frame-Up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, and the coauthor of Helter Skelter with Vincent Bugliosi.
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