Nancy Harkness Love
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Search complete. 3 mentions across 1 episode found for "Nancy Harkness Love".
Aug 17, 2026
She Was Flying When Pearl Harbor Was Attacked | The Cornelia Fort Story.
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28:57Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
She was number two.
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28:59Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
Nancy Love was technically the first one, but she was the squadron leader.
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29:03Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
Betty Gillies and Cornelia was number two out of ultimately about 28 women.
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29:09Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
And these were the most experienced women pilots in the country.
10 MINS LATER
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39:20Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
Her mother, okay, Cornelia's mother did not like Cornelia flying on Sunday.
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39:27Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
And Pearl Harbor happened on a Sunday and she was killed on a Sunday.
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39:32Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
And the way Cornelia died, in terms of flying in formation, which was Nancy Love did not allow the girls to fly in tight formation.
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39:41Judy Stanford MillerGUEST
So I think in my documentary, one of Cornelia's nieces say the family just didn't talk about it.