Years of service 1914–1931 Rank Captain | Name Einar Lundborg Books The Arctic rescue Role Aviator | |
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Battles/wars Finnish Civil WarEstonian War of Independence Died January 27, 1931, Malmslatt, Sweden Battles and wars | ||
Place of burial Linkoping, Sweden | ||
Einar Lundborg (April 5, 1896 – January 27, 1931) was a Swedish aviator.
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Biography
He was born on April 5, 1896.
In 1928 he rescued Umberto Nobile after Nobile's airship crash on the ice north of Spitsbergen. He was later promoted to captain in the Swedish Air Force.
Before joining the airforce, Lundborg participated in the Finnish Civil War in 1918 and in the Estonian War of Independence in 1919–1920.
Lundborg was killed during a test flight of the Jaktfalken airplane at Malmslätt in 1931. He was survived by his wife Margareta, née Malmberg (1900–1981). He is buried in Linköping, Sweden.
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