Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov | |
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Native name | Пётр Николаевич Нестеров |
Born | Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire | February 15, 1887
Died | September 8, 1914 Żółkiew, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary (now Zhovkva, Ukraine) | (aged 27)
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service | Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Air Service |
Years of service | 1906—1914 |
Rank | Stabskapitän |
Battles / wars | First World War |
Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Нестеров; 27 February [O.S. 15 February] 1887 – 8 September [O.S. 26 August] 1914) was a Russian pilot, an aircraft designer and an aerobatics pioneer.