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navigation, search Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov Пётр Николаевич
Нестеров Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov.jpg Born
(1887-02-15)February 15, 1887 Nizhny Novgorod Died September 8,
1914(1914-09-08) (aged 27) Zhovkva, Kingdom of Galicia and
Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army Years of service 1906—1914
Rank Stabskapitän Battles/wars First World War  Pyotr
Nikolayevich Nesterov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Нестеров,
Ukrainian: Петро Миколайович Нестеров) (born on 27
February [O.S. 15 February] 1887 in Nizhny Novgorod and died on
8 September [O.S. 26 August] 1914 in Zhovkva, Lviv Oblast) was a
Russian pilot, an aircraft technical designer and an aerobatics
pioneer.  Monument in Nizhny Novgorod of the Nieuport IVG
monoplane in which Nesterov performed the first loop. Morane-
Saulnier type "G" Painting of the Aerial ramming attack
performed by Pyotr Nesterov Remains of the Albatros B.II biplane
attacked by Nest