Perhaps the most famous spy swap involved Francis Gary Powers, a U.S. pilot who had been shot down in a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960.

或许最为著名的间谍互换事件的案主叫做Francis Gary Powers，1960年这位美国飞行员驾驶的U-2侦察机在苏联被击落。

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One of the U-2 surveillance flights that Eisenhower ordered ended in spectacular disaster on May Day 1960, when the Soviets shot down the aircraft and captured the pilot, Francis Gary Powers, alive.

艾森豪维尔亲自命令的一架美军高空侦察机U2在1960年五一劳动节这天被苏联击落，飞行员加里·鲍尔斯遭到生擒。

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Its co-designer,Karl Alperovich, told VOA that Francis Gary Powers survived because he did not panic as his plane plummeted to the ground.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

The pilot's son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., is director of the Cold War Museum in Arlington,Virginia.

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You can see their strengths and weaknesses." Similar photos taken by Francis Gary Powers constituted espionage for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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The Air Force will posthumously award the Silver Star on Friday to Francis Gary Powers, whose capture in 1960 after his spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union became a Cold War flash point.

WSJ: Cold War U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers to Receive Silver Star