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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.
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Aug 4, 1985
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Aug 4, 1985
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Document #

0000022308

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Document Type

FOIA

Collection

Francis Gary Powers: U-2 Spy Pilot Shot Down by the Soviets

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U

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2 pages

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150.61 KB