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Swedish aviator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Einar Paul Albert Muni Lundborg (5 April 1896 – 27 January 1931) was a Swedish aviator.
Einar Paul Albert Muni Lundborg | |
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Born | Calcutta, India | 5 April 1896
Died | 27 January 1931 34) Malmslätt, Sweden | (aged
Buried | |
Years of service | 1914–1931 |
Rank | Captain |
Battles / wars | Finnish Civil War Estonian War of Independence |
Awards | Cross of Liberty (Estonia) Order of the Cross of Liberty Order of the White Rose Order of St. Vladimir Order of St. Anna Iron Cross |
He was born on 5 April 1896.[citation needed]
In 1928 he rescued Umberto Nobile after Nobile's airship crashed on the ice north of Spitsbergen. He was later promoted to captain in the Swedish Air Force.[citation needed]
Before joining the airforce, Lundborg participated in the Finnish Civil War in 1918 and in the Estonian War of Independence in 1919–1920.[1]
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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