Operation Overflight
Operation Overflight In this new edition of his classic 1970 memoir about the notorious U-2 Incident, pilot Francis Gary Powers reveals the full story of what actually happened in the most…
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Operation Overflight
In this new edition of his classic 1970 memoir about the notorious U-2 Incident, pilot Francis Gary Powers reveals the full story of what actually happened in the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history. After nearly two years, the U.S. After surviving the shoot-down of his reconnaissance plane and his capture on 1st May 1960, Powers endured 61 days of rigorous interrogation by the KGB, a public trial, a conviction for espionage, and the start of a ten-year sentence.
The narrative is a tremendously exciting suspense story about man who was labelled a traitor by many of his countrymen, but who emerged a Cold War hero government obtained his release from prison in a dramatic exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel.