![]() ![]() Larry said he heard Bob tell he had to drive back and forth to Niagara Falls Air Force Base when he was in the Reserves after the war, and he figured if he had a landing strip, he could fly back and forth. ![]() Pete said Hank Keeler of Albion and Chet Zelazny of Shelby were partners in the airport for a while. With the late Gene Haines, they started Pine Hill Airport. Bob learned to fly in a Piper Cub on Pete Dragan’s farm south of Albion. Pete said flying was always in their blood. Pete still lives on the family farm on Pine Hill Road, next door to Beth, who lives there with her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Larry Eastlack. 7.īob grew up working on the family farm with his younger brothers Pete and Lynn Nesbitt. Beth will celebrate her 101st birthday on Aug. She wrote to him regularly while he was serving with the Navy. By the time the war started, they were dating. Howard Pratt’s daughter, at a 4-H function. In Charlie’s eyes, Bob is an unsung hero.īob was born in 1919. Still, he thinks Bob should be given credit for his actions as a torpedo bomber pilot for the Navy in the Pacific during World War II.īob’s dad and Charlie’s grandfather were brothers. Bob died of cancer at the age of 66.īARRE – Many Veterans’ and Memorial Day holidays have come and gone since World War II ended, but never has Bob Nesbitt been given the recognition he deserves, according to his cousin Charlie Nesbitt of Albion.Ĭharlie is a war hero, having been presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Photos by Ginny Kropf: Beth Nesbitt of Pine Hill, widow of the late Bob Nesbitt, holds a picture of her husband in his dress white Navy uniform. ![]()
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