On May 1, 1960, Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of an American U-2 spy plane, was shot down while flying through Soviet airspace. The event changed the course of US-USSR history. Powers was convicted of espionage but eventually traded for a captured Soviet spy in 1962. His son and founder of The Cold War Museum Francis Gary Powers, Jr. told his father’s story through a 2022 graphic novel, Enemy Territory. Learn the thrilling details of the spy flight through comic form during an interview of the author conducted by Mark S. Zaid (national security attorney, comic book historian, International Spy Museum Advisor).
From the Skies over the Soviet Union to a Graphic Novel
Saturday September 26, 2026 starting 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm | Room: 338
