| 词条 | William Harrell Nellis |
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| name = William Harrell Nellis | birth_dat ={{birth date|1916|03|08}} | death_date= {{death date and age|1944|12|27|1916|03|08}} | birth_place = Santa Rita, New Mexico, US | death_place = Luxembourg | placeofburial=Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | image = Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis.jpg | caption = | nickname = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army Air Forces | service years = 1942–1944 | rank = First Lieutenant | commands = | unit = | battles = World War II | awards =Legion of Merit (2) Distinguished Flying Cross (2) | later work = }} 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, Nevada. He 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.[1] On July 9, 1944, 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. Nellis's remains were recovered from his wrecked aircraft the following April. He was buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial near Liège, Belgium.[2] References1. ^{{cite web |title=Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis |url=http://www.nellis.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4095 |work=Nellis AFB Fact Sheets |publisher=99 ABW/PA |accessdate=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nellis, William}}2. ^American Air Museum in Britain 11 : 1916 births|1944 deaths|People from Searchlight, Nevada|People from the Las Vegas Valley|People from Santa Rita, New Mexico|United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II|Shot-down aviators|American military personnel killed in World War II|Recipients of the Legion of Merit|Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|United States Army Air Forces officers |
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