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William Harrell Nellis (March 8, 1916 – December 27, 1944) was a United States fighter pilot who flew 70 World War II combat missions. He was shot down three times, the last time fatally. On April 30, 1950, the Las Vegas Air Force Base in Nevada was renamed Nellis Air Force Base in his honor.

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  • William Harrell Nellis (* 8. März 1916 in , New Mexico; † 27. Dezember 1944 in Luxemburg) war ein Oberleutnant der United States Army Air Forces. William Harrell Nellis flog im Zweiten Weltkrieg über 70 Kampfeinsätze und wurde dreimal abgeschossen, das letzte Mal tödlich.Am 30. April 1950 nannte die U.S. Air Force zu seinen Ehren den Las Vegas Luftwaffenstützpunkt (Las Vegas Army Air Field) in Nevada in Nellis Air Force Base um. Kurz nach Williams Geburt zog seine Familie nach Searchlight im US-Bundesstaat Nevada, als er 13 Jahre alt war nach Las Vegas.Er absolvierte in Las Vegas die High School, danach (9. Dezember 1942) trat er der United States Army Reserve bei, wo er in Albany (Georgia) ausgebildet wurde.Am 7. Januar 1944 wurde er zum Flugoffizier ernannt. Am 9. Juli 1944 wurde Nellis der 513th Fighter Squadron (der 513. Jagd-Staffel) zugeteilt, die zur Unterstützung der Armee von General George S. Patton eingesetzt war. Am 27. Dezember 1944 wurde er in einer Republic P-47 durch Bodenfeuer abgeschossen, als er während der Ardennenoffensive einen deutschen Konvoi in Luxemburg angriff. Er flog zu tief, um mit dem Fallschirm abspringen zu können. (de)
  • William Harrell Nellis (March 8, 1916 – December 27, 1944) was a United States fighter pilot who flew 70 World War II combat missions. He was shot down three times, the last time fatally. On April 30, 1950, the Las Vegas Air Force Base in Nevada was renamed Nellis Air Force Base in his honor. Soon after his birth in Santa Rita, New Mexico, Nellis and his parents Cecil and Marguerite, moved to Searchlight, Nevada, and, when he was 13, to Las Vegas. Nellis graduated from Las Vegas High School; he did not go to college, but subsequently joined the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps on December 9, 1942, training in Albany, Georgia. He was commissioned a flight officer on January 7, 1944. and on July 9, Nellis was assigned to the 513th Fighter Squadron, in support of General George Patton's Third Army. On December 27, 1944, flying a P-47 Thunderbolt during the Battle of the Bulge, he was shot down by ground fire while strafing a German convoy in Luxembourg. He was too low to bail out, and crashed near Winseler. Nellis' remains were recovered from his wrecked aircraft the following April. He was buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial near Liège, Belgium. (en)
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  • William Harrell Nellis (* 8. März 1916 in , New Mexico; † 27. Dezember 1944 in Luxemburg) war ein Oberleutnant der United States Army Air Forces. William Harrell Nellis flog im Zweiten Weltkrieg über 70 Kampfeinsätze und wurde dreimal abgeschossen, das letzte Mal tödlich.Am 30. April 1950 nannte die U.S. Air Force zu seinen Ehren den Las Vegas Luftwaffenstützpunkt (Las Vegas Army Air Field) in Nevada in Nellis Air Force Base um. Am 9. Juli 1944 wurde Nellis der 513th Fighter Squadron (der 513. Jagd-Staffel) zugeteilt, die zur Unterstützung der Armee von General George S. Patton eingesetzt war. (de)
  • William Harrell Nellis (March 8, 1916 – December 27, 1944) was a United States fighter pilot who flew 70 World War II combat missions. He was shot down three times, the last time fatally. On April 30, 1950, the Las Vegas Air Force Base in Nevada was renamed Nellis Air Force Base in his honor. (en)
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