Svein Heglund, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Svein Heglund

Norwegian pilot and officer

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1918

Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1998

Profession: engineer, general officer, military officer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Svein Heglund (10 December 1918 – 18 June 1998) was a Norwegian engineer and RAF officer.
He was the leading Norwegian pilot ace during the Second World War shooting down 16 German planes.
He was awarded the Norwegian War Cross with two Swords and the British Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross.
He served as head of Luftforsvarets forsyningskommando (LFK), with the rank of major general, from 1974 until his retirement in 1982.
His memoir of his career in the RAF - Høk over høk (Hawk Over Hawk) - was published in 1995.