On 1 May 1960, the Soviets shot down an American spy plane
that was part of the Central Intelligence Agency's U-2 program, and
took pilot Francis Gary Powers prisoner. Powers was interrogated
extensively by the KGB for months before he made a forced confession and
a public apology. Three-and-a-half months later, Powers was convicted
of espionage against the Soviet Union and was sentenced to a total of 10
years, three years in imprisonment followed by seven years of hard
labor. In Berlin, Germany on February 10, 1962, Powers was freed, exchanged in a spy swap for Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher, who had been captured by the FBI and put in jail for espionage.
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