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How long was Powers imprisoned in the USSR?

  • 1 year

  • 2 years

  • 7 years

  • 1 year and 9 months

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Powers was imprisoned in the USSR for approximately 1 year and 9 months, as he was shot down over Soviet airspace on May 1, 1960, and released in a prisoner exchange on February 10, 1962.
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