U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers was captured after his plane was shot down by the Soviets on May 1, 1960, while he was on a reconnaissance flight over Russia. Several days later, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev revealed that Powers had parachuted to safety and was alive and well in Moscow.
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