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  1. 04-29-2012 #1
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    Default This Week in History: Soviets down US spy plane


    By MICHAEL OMER-MAN
    04/29/2012 15:56

    In the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet Union brought down a US spy plane, captured its pilot and embarrassed Washington.




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    Francis Gary Powers. Shot down over Russia. I remember this incident. Just vaguely. I was a little kid of 7 and was wondering what this was all about.
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