Francy Powers Jr. - Spy Pilot - Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy

Powers, Barbara Gay (née Moore), 42, 50–51, 58, 92–94, 101, 131, 144, 157, 188, 198–99, 200–201, 203–205, 207–208, 210, 213, 216–17, 219–22, 224, 228, 230–36

attempted suicide by, 239

discovery of letters discarded by, 180

divorce settlement between Francis Gary Powers and, 129

drinking and emotional problems of, 86–88, 98, 117, 125–29

Francis Gary Powers’s courtship of, 24

Francis Gary Powers’s marriage to, 24–25

medical treatment of, 85

news of missing plane delivered to, 74

tension between Powers family and, 90–91, 100

Powers, Claudia “Sue” (Downey), 13, 132, 137, 158, 146, 149–50, 154, 160, 169, 173, 176–77, 239

alcohol use of, 144–45, 157

confronting of teacher by, 134

encouragement of son’s efforts, 157–58

Francis Gary Powers’s courtship of, 129–31

Francis Gary Powers’s marriage to, 131

insistence on Francis Gary Powers’s burial at Arlington, 142–43

struggles on day Francis Gary Powers died, 139–40

Powers, Dee, 13, 131, 134, 140, 143, 144, 145, 148, 157, 158, 251–52, 253

Powers, Francis Gary (Frank)

Air Force career of, 21–23, 25, 41

and artifacts preserved in Soviet Union, 170

back pay awarded to, 118

burial of, 142–44

capture of, 69–70

CIA recruitment of, 41–42

CIA/U-2 training of, 44–45

and coded messages, 94, 205–207

congressional testimony of, 120

and courtship/marriage of Barbara Moore, 24–25

and courtship/marriage of Sue Downey, 129–31

criticism of, 118–19, 121–23

death of, 13–14, 140–42

deployment of with CIA Detachment B (Adana, Turkey), 49–52

divorce settlement of, 129

early years of, 17–20

and fears of torture, 82, 190, 192–93, 195

first flight of, 18

first-marriage troubles of, 42, 51, 129, 198–201, 203–205, 220–24, 228–31, 234–36, 239

first sight of U-2 photo by, 43–44

and flame-out/intentional descent theory, 110, 174, 183, 191

and government-funded trust account, 257–60

imprisonment of, 103–12, 180–238

Lockheed career of, 131–34

and Lockheed dismissal, 134, 260–61

May 1, 1960, mission/shoot-down of, 58–59, 62–66, 181–90

medical career plans of, 20–21

military/intelligence medals awarded to, 157, 173, 176

and poison-tipped pin controversy, 59, 69, 72, 96, 121–22, 134, 150, 170, 174, 247, 256

post–U-2 Incident CIA career of, 124–25

prisoner exchange of, 113–16

radio/television career of, 13, 134–35, 140–42

and refuting Oliver’s statement to the New York Times , 186–88

relationship with cellmate, 103, 106–107, 180, 217–18, 224–25

and relationship with son, 133–37

repatriation of, 116–18

shoot-down of, 67–69

Silver Star awarded to, 250–53

Soviet interrogation of, 72–73, 78–79, 81–84

strategy of for dealing with interrogators, 78, 192–94

suicidal thoughts of, 212–13

trial of, 91–101

viewing of wreckage of U-2, 196–98

Powers, Francis Gary, Jr.

birth of, 132

and campaign for recognition of father, 171–76, 247–53

Cold War Museum, The, founded by, 169, 241–43

consideration of naming son by, 245

and dealing with mother’s alcohol abuse, 145, 157

and death of father, 139–44

first speech concerning father by, 160–61

fraternity pledging of, 153–55

Freedom of Information Act requests by, 170, 180, 257–61

learning of father’s death by, 13–14

meeting and marrying wife, 243–45

meeting Sergei Khrushchev, 167–68

relationship with father, 133–37

role in TV movie, 136–37

Smithsonian U-2 unveiling attended by, 157–59

and teenage drug use, 147–48

and teenage insecurities/rebellion, 146–51

test, stealing of, 150–51

and transcription of father’s letters/journal, 180, 189, 191, 224

trips to Soviet Union/Russia by, 161–64, 170–71, 261–63

U-2 flight of, 176

Powers, Francis Gary “Trey,” III, 253

Powers, Ida, 15, 16–17, 19, 89–91, 92, 93, 94, 100, 116–17, 143, 165, 188, 201, 228

Powers, James, 15, 16

Powers, Jean, 88, 165, 210, 233

Powers, Jennifer (née Webber), 243, 244, 245–46, 247, 252

Powers, Oliver, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 76, 88- 91, 92, 93, 99, 110, 112, 116–17, 186–88

Prettyman, E. Barrett, 118

Prettyman Commission, 118, 120, 183, 185, 194–95, 224

Pryor, Frederick, 114–15

USS Pueblo , 243

Putt, Donald, 36

Radio Moscow, 92, 96, 98

RB-47, 90, 105, 119, 175, 191, 248–49

Reston, James “Scotty,” 80

Rich, Ben, 40

Ritland, Ozzie, 39

Robo’s, 166

Rogers, Frank W., 101

Roizman, Yevgeny, 262

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 38

Root, Gene, 35

Rose, Jay, 153, 155

Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 30, 54

Rostow, Walt, 74

Rudenko, Roman Andreyevich, 82, 95, 97, 99, 196

Safronov, Sergei, 261–62

Saltonstall, Leverett, 120

Schischkin, Alexandrovich, 112, 115

Schwartz, Norman, 252

Seamans, Robert C., Jr., 258

Senate Armed Services Committee, 120

Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 120

Shaud, John A., 175

Shelton, William M., 59, 63, 64, 95, 97, 224

Sieker, Bob, 66–67

Simpson, O. J., 154

Sinatra, Frank, 56

Smith, Adam, 246

Smithsonian Institution, 158–59, 177

Spears, George, 140

Spielberg, Arnold, 79

Spielberg, Steven, 255, 256

Speranza, Jimmy, 89–90

Speranza, Rosa Anne, 89–90

SR-71Blackbird, 129

Stalin, Joseph, 27, 38, 56

Starodomskaya, Svetlana, 161

Stasi (East German secret police), 114, 242

Staub, Jerry K., 257

Stepashin, Sergei, 263

Stockman, Hervey, 48, 49

Sulzberger, C. L., 110

Talbott, Harold, 36

Teperson, Jon, 146, 149–50, 169

Thigpen, Corbett H., 127

Thompson, Llewellyn E., 71

Time (magazine), 80, 155

Today (TV program), 141

Toledo Blade , 80

Truman, Harry, 22, 29, 30

Tumanov, Svetlana, 263

Turner Air Force Base, 21, 24

Twining, Nathan, 48

U-2 Spyplane, The (Pocock), 35

Upchurch, Wes, 23

US Army Security Agency, 242

USS Liberty , 243

USS Pueblo , 243

Vague, Harold R., 259–60

Vienna-Tysons Corner Chamber of Commerce, 241, 245

Vint Hill Farms Station, 242

Virginia Bar Association, 90, 91, 100

Vito, Carmine, 74

Vladimir Prison, 103–104, 171, 172, 180, 215, 217, 233, 236

Yalta Conference, 37–38

Yeager, Chuck, 36

Young, Stephen, 119

Walls, Jeanie (née Popovich), 123–24, 132–33, 158

Wall Street Journal , 264

Washington Daily News , 116

Washington Post , 242

Webber, Binnie, 243–44

Welch, John C., 169, 242

West, Red, 148

White, Ed, 120

White, Lincoln, 77

Wicked (musical), 255

Wickers, John

Williams, John J., 119

Winch, Patti, 241

Published 2019 by Prometheus Books

Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy . Copyright © 2019 by Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant. Foreword © 2019 by Sergei Khrushchev. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.