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50 Years Ago Today (10 Feb 1962): Gary Powers Released

Posted by Russel Tarr on February 10, 2012February 8, 2012

American spy plane pilot Gary Powers was released from jail in the USSR in an exchange deal with the USA, who released Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

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