Editing Francis Gary Powers (section)

====The exchange====
On February 10, 1962, Powers was exchanged, along with U.S. student [[Frederic Pryor]], for Soviet KGB Colonel [[Rudolf Abel]]. Due to political differences between the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[German Democratic Republic]] at the time, Pryor was turned over to American authorities at [[Checkpoint Charlie]], before the exchange of Powers for Abel was allowed to proceed on the [[Glienicke Bridge]].

Powers credited his father with the swap idea. When released, Powers' total time in captivity was 1 year, 9 months, and 10 days.{{sfn|Powers|Gentry|2004|pp=237–40}}