Squadron Leader Harvey Nelson Sweetman (born 10 October 1921) was a New Zealand pilot who served in the Royal Air Force with 486 (NZ) Squadron during World War II. Sweetman is originally from the North Island town of Matamata in the Waikato. After Service with both 234 and 485 (NZ) Squadrons, Sweetman joined 486 Squadron as 'B' Flight commander in March 1942. At its establishment, 486 Squadron was equipped with the Hawker Hurricane MkIIB, operating as a night fighter unit from Wittering. On the23/24 July, Sweetman scored the squadron's first aerial victory of the war, a Do217 that was shared with an RCAF Beaufighter.