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’ ~ a +. —..-—. UNITED STATES _GOVERA WT FROM’ : A K. . Bom. 3 - a a eg susject; AMERICAN AIRMEN SHOT DOWN 0°" Co _ IN RUSSIA AND VICINITY. } a | 5) SS \ ¢ Ke $7 We have the fingerprints in on ati es of Francis G AKB: infec ee OrTional foam MO. 16 . one Memorandum To =: MR, ‘TROTTER pb" DATE: 11-80 en, IDENTIFICATION. MATTER »- geD 7 Gh san BAOEEE, oweree American airman who was shot down in Russia in May, and erican airmen missing in flight in the Barents Sea area July 1; ~ 1960, Ident has received form DD-1300 (report of casualty) from Department of the Air Force on each of the 6 airmen missing July 1, 1960, in the Barents Sea area. (Their names and descriptions are set out on attached page.) In view of newspaper reports that Powers was shot down in Russia and the plane bearing the other 6 men was also shot down by the Russians, Identification Division recommends that a notice be posted on the fingerprint cards of all 7 of these men to notify the Assistant Directors in charge of the Identification Division and Domestic Intelligence ‘Division immediately in the event any fingerprints in the future are received in Ident identical with them. at INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLAS his action is believed desirable in view of the possibility the _ Russians miay try to use any of these men for their own purposes in the United States under different names, After the proposed notices are posted, the fingerprint cards would’ Be placed in the criminal file because that is the file against which all fingerprint inquiries are searched. “ RECOMMENDATION: That notices be posted on the fingerprint cards of Francis Gary Powers and the 6 American airmen missing in flight in the Barents Sea area to notify Assistant Directors in charge of Identification Division and 1GSKUPBS McGuire nam "Rosen ee TOM ' Trotter W.C. Sullivan — Sir t€D 6324-33 py SP Dat “4e € qmiciNAl COPY'FIED I 3 > ae MY ES Domestic Intelligence Division immediately in the event any future incomin TON fi int. id tified, ngerprints are identifie | bend £2) g 76- 7 itr o. NOT RECORD vs SS 499 BUG 3. 1968 bey af Enclosure OF —— == = - Mr. Belmont areata 5emNGs 8 “a sl