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  1. Born23 October 1899 · Tveit, Kristiansand, Norway
    Died17 October 1973 (aged 73) · Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.
    Occupation(s)Aviator, navigator, engineer, military leader
    SpousesEmmy Alvhilde (née Sorlie) · Inger (née Engelbrethsen) · Audrey (née Schipper)
    Early years

    The son of a country doctor, Balchen was born at the farm Myren in Tveit, just outside Kristiansand, Norway. After having finished Norwegian middle school in 1916, he attended a Forestry School from 1917 to 1918. Next … See more

    Aviation

    Gaining recognition as an accomplished pilot, the Norwegian Defense Department selected Balchen in 1925 to become part of the Amundsen-Ellsworth Relief Expedition, a rescue mission for the missing explorer Roald Amu… See more

    World War II

    In 1939, Balchen was in Helsinki, working on a contract to provide U.S. fighter aircraft to Finland, when the Soviet attack on Finland took place. Enlisting with the Norwegian Air Force, he made his way to the United … See more

    Postwar activities

    From November 1948 to January 1951, Balchen commanded the 10th Rescue Squadron of the U.S. Air Force, which was located in southern Alaska but which operated across all of Alaska and northern Canada res… See more

     
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  1. Col. Bernt Balchen - National Museum of the USAF

    Col. Bernt Balchen was America's greatest Arctic expert in modern times. Born in Norway in 1899, he served as a cavalryman in the Finnish Army against the Russians in World War I before becoming a pilot in the Norwegian Naval …

     
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  5. More than a pilot - The Norwegian American

    Jan 10, 2019 · Bernt Balchen is probably the most famous aviator and explorer you’ve never heard of. He was born in Tveit, Norway, just outside Kristiansand. In his youth he became an accomplished outdoorsman and cross-country skier.

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