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Balchen, Bernt

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Balchen, Bernt (1899–1973)

Norwegian-born US air force officer and aviator. Balchen became a US citizen in 1931. He piloted Admiral Richard Byrd's first flight over the South Pole in 1929. During World War II, flying from Sweden, he evacuated several thousand Norwegians and 1,000 American airmen. In 1944 he commanded a supply operation for the Norwegian underground.



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