Difference between revisions of "Francis Gary Powers"

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==Death==
 
==Death==
Powers died in August 1977 in a [[helicopter crash]] in Los Angeles, as he was covering a brush fire for KNBC news in their helicopter that he was piloting. Seventeen years prior, he had named in a [[court]] in [[Moscow]] in 1960, the U. S. Marine responsible for his capture as [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. Powers died shortly before he was to answer a subpoena to testify to the [[HSCA]].{{cn}}
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Powers died in August 1977 in a [[helicopter crash]] in Los Angeles, as he was covering a brush fire for [[KNBC]] news in their helicopter that he was piloting. Seventeen years prior, he had named in a [[court]] in [[Moscow]] in 1960, the U. S. Marine responsible for his capture as [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. Powers died shortly before he was to answer a subpoena to testify to the [[HSCA]].{{cn}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:33, 22 July 2019

Person.png Francis Gary Powers  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, pilot, HSCA/Premature death)
DiedAugust 1977
Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of death
helicopter crash
NationalityUS
Victim ofpremature death
Died in a helicopter crash before he could testify to the HSCA/

Death

Powers died in August 1977 in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, as he was covering a brush fire for KNBC news in their helicopter that he was piloting. Seventeen years prior, he had named in a court in Moscow in 1960, the U. S. Marine responsible for his capture as Lee Harvey Oswald. Powers died shortly before he was to answer a subpoena to testify to the HSCA.[citation needed]


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