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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "N"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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William Harrell Nellis
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He was reported missing in action over
Luxembourg 27 December 1944 and later
information indicated he was killed in action
that same day. He was serving as a member of
the 513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter
Group, at the time of his death........
A bronze dedicatory plaque given by the
veterans' groups and school children of Las
Vegas to Nellis Air Force Base reads:
"WITH COURAGE AND DARING HE BROUGHT THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY DEFENDING HIS COUNTRY WITHOUT
REGARD FOR HIS PERSONAL SAFETY OR WELFARE"
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Milford D. Nelson
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Married to Marilyn A. Miller July 1943 at
Corsicana, Texas. Had 22 best men as entire
cadet squadron attended. One son David,
three daughters, Cynthia, Mary Beth, Jo
Ann. Four grandchildren. Attended Northern Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago.
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Robert F. Nelson
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In 1940 he joined the
Royal Canadian Air Force and in 1942 was
court-martialed for slow rolling an aircraft in
which aerobatics were prohibited, performing them under the minimum prescribed
altitude and endangering His Majesty's Weland Lysander and Flight Sergeant Pilot Nelson.....
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Patrick J. Ness
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Participated in the D-Day Invasion as top
cover over Omaha Beach, flying three missions. Leapfrogged across France and
Germany with bases at Carantan, Paris, Laon, Lyon
and Nancy France, flying a total of 871
Missions.....
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Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
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H.R.H. PRINCE BERNHARD OF THE NETHERLANDS
H.R.H. The Prince of the Netherlands (Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter) Prince zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, G.C.B., G.C. V .0., G.B.E. and is a Life Member of the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association.
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William R. Nevitt
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One of original ten officers to write, teach
and fly first student navigators, Barksdale
Field, La., 1941. Director of Training, Navigation Schools, Albany, Ga. and Monroe,
La., 1941-1943...
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Edward P. Neyland
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His second mission was almost his last
when a ME-109 sneaked up behind him and
riddled his Thunderbolt with 20mm cannon
fire. Nineteen-year-old Lt. Neyland was able
to guide his badly crippled ship back to an
emergency landing at his English base where
he received the Purple Heart and Air Medal.
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Robert C. North
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Memorable flights included a pre-
dawn take-off on a successful strafing mission
near Peking, watching tracers coming at him,
but feeling confident in the Jug and knowing
its eight fifties were going to do their job; the
previous day, engine failure, a ground loop,
a chuck hole and a full belly tank led to the
firey end of his P-47......
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Glen T. Noyes
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Noyes is one of the few who has flown all of
the '47's - the 0-47 and P-47 at Abilene,
the C-47 at various places and times, and the
Boeing B-47 as a Strategic Air Command
combat crew commander...
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William F. Nuding
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Checked out in the
T -Bolt in Tunis, Africa - damn near got
killed - seems the prop pitch on the P-40 is
in about the same place as the mixture
control in the Jug. Wondered why the
R.P.M. wasn't decreasing as I pulled the
handle back after take-off across Tunis Bay.
On looking down I found I had been pulling
the mixture control back
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