George Harvey Nesselrode

Military
media-44947.jpeg UPL 44947 George Harvey Nesselrode
Squadron Commander/Photo Recon Pilot
7th PRG - 14th PRS

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Object Number - UPL 44947 - George Harvey Nesselrode Squadron Commander/Photo Recon Pilot 7th PRG - 14th PRS

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Upstairs Maid
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Kisty I
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
A Spitfire Mk XI (serial number M3-955) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Lease Fleece
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, KS 17 November 1919

Other

7th PRG Combat Tour

Mount Farm Airfield, UK 19 August 1943

Other

Combat Mission

St. Omer, France 16 September 1943 "While CPT Nesselrode photographed his assigned targest of St. Omer/Longuenesse and St. Omer/Fort Rouge airfields from 28,000 feet, RAF controllers warned him by radio of enemy fighters ahead. He looked and saw three FW-190's coming toward him. Making a diving turn, he watched the three enemy aircraft pass over his F-5 and continue one. Nesselrode returned to base, his mission partially successful."

Died

23 July 1981

Buried

Kansas City, KS, USA Highland Park Cemetery Kansas City Wyandotte County Kansas, USA
Kansas City, KS 927 Cleveland Ave

Revisions

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Eyes of The Eighth - Patricia Fussell Keen

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https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44011_11_0…
"Eyes of The Eighth" - Patricia Fussell Keen, page 64, 326

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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Chris Brassfield

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Chris Brassfield

Date
ContributorAAM
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7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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