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10th February 1962: Captured U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers freed in a prisoner exchange

Published: Feb. 10, 2024, 3:05 a.m.

b'Powers had been sentenced to 10 years\\u2019 confinement in the USSR but, amidst concerns that he might reveal any remaining secrets to the Soviet authorities, the U.S. government agreed to exchange Powers and imprisoned student Frederic Pryor in return for Soviet Colonel Rudolf ...'