Visual materials from the Bernt Balchen papers, 1917-1973

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Visual materials from the Bernt Balchen papers, 1917-1973

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Includes flights with Richard Evelyn Byrd and Lincoln Ellsworth; service in World War II with U.S. Army Air Corps; participation in construction of air base on Greenland; and work with Norske Luftfartselskap (Norwegian Airline) in 1930s-1940s. Balchen (1899-1973), aviator, explorer, air force officer. Bulk seems to be from Balchen's own archives. Material is organized generally chronologically.

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Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973

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Bernt Balchen (b. October 23, 1899, Tveit, Norway-d. October 17, 1973, Mount Kisco, New York), was an aviator, explorer, author, and Air Force officer. He participated in the Amundsen relief expedition in 1925, served as mechanic and stand-by crew member for the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Noble flight over the North Pole in the dirigible "Norge" in 1926, participated in the Byrd (1928-30) and Ellsworth (1934) Antarctic expeditions, and distinguished himself as a member of the OSS during World War II. He...