An interior, straight on medium shot as Tom Bowen (Left), Technical Director of the 9th Physiological Support Squadron for Beale AFB, CA, presents Gary Powers Jr. a pressure suit and helmet during a dinner held in Honor of Francis Gary Powers Sr. at Beale AFB, California, on May 29, 2000. Powers Jr. is the son of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers Sr. who was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission over the former Soviet Union on May 5, 1960. The suit dates back to the time when Francis Gary Powers Sr. flew the U-2
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Beale Air Force Base
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Johnny Saldivar, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/04/2000
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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