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Yes, his U2 CIA spy plane was shot down by the Russians in 1960. He was put on trial and convicted of espionage and sentenced to 10 years in prison. In 1962 he was released in an exchange of prisoners with the Soviets.

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What happened to Frances Gary Powers in the cold war?

they went down!


Who was involved in the u2 spy plane'?

If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.


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Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?


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idk what U2 your referring to but im going to gues its the U2 incident durring the cold war. The U2 was a spy plane piloted by Frances Gary Powers that went down over Soviet Russia.


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U-2 pilot shot down over the soviet union?

Gary Powers was the pilot who was shot down.


When the Soviet Union shot down the what crisis?

The U2 spy plane with Gary Powers at the controls


What aircraft did the Soviets shoot down in Soviet airspace?

The Lockheed U-2 flown by Gary Powers .


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Francis Gary Powers was the pilot of the Lockheed U2 spy plane that was shot down by the former USSR with a surface to air missile (SAM) in 1960. After lengthy negotiations, a prisoner exchange was made returning Powers to the United States. [JMH]


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four hours after Powers entered Soviet airspace, a Soviet pilot shot down his plane, and Powers was forced to parachute into Soviet-controlled territory. The Soviets sentenced Powers to ten years in prison.