CIA • 1985
GARY POWERS (RUSSIANS DISPLAYING U-2 WRECKAGE-AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPED W/ DESTRUCTO
: 1. Frank Powers' aircraft was equipped with a destructor unit made by Beckman and Whitley, Inc., Model Number G-175-10 Procedure for activating the device was a two-step function. The pilot had to acuivate the system by throwing one switch, then commence the timing sequence by throwing a second.
U
Declassified
Timeline
- Created
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- Released
- Aug 4, 1985
- Publication
- Aug 4, 1985
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Metadata
Document #
0000022308
Case #
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Document Type
FOIA
Collection
Francis Gary Powers: U-2 Spy Pilot Shot Down by the Soviets
Release Decision
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Original Classification
U
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Pages
2 pages
File Size
150.61 KB