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Bjørn Fraser

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Bjørn Fraser
Born(1911-09-12)September 12, 1911
Horten, Norway
DiedMarch 22, 1993(1993-03-22) (aged 81)
Allegiance Norway
Service/branch Norwegian Army
 Royal Norwegian Air Force
Battles/warsSecond World War

Bjørn Fraser (born 12 September 1911, died 22 Mars 1993 in Tenerife, Spain[1]) was a Norwegian naval and aviation officer. He was born in Horten. He served as head of Sola Air Station from 1963.[2] During World War II he was sentenced to death for trying to escape to England (along with Hjalmar Svae),[3][4] but was later reprieved and sent to prisons in Germany.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bjørn Fraser er død". Stavanger Aftenblad. 24 March 1993.
  2. ^ a b Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Fraser, Bjørn". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 161. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. ^ Lund, Gabriel (1945). Dødsdømt (in Norwegian). Oslo: Ernst G. Mortensen. pp. 203–204.
  4. ^ Borgen, Johan (1945). Dager på Grini (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal. pp. 219–227.