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Leif Dietrichson

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Leif Dietrichson
Born
Leif Ragnar Dietrichson

(1890-09-01)1 September 1890
Disappeared18 June 1928 (aged 37)
Barents Sea
EducationAviator
Occupation(s)Norwegian military officer and Arctic explorer
Parents
  • Kristian Dietrichson (father)
  • Birgitte Lynum (mother)

Leif Dietrichson (1 September 1890 – disappeared 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian military officer and aviation pioneer. He is most famous for joining Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth in the 1925 North Pole Expedition. In 1928, Dietrichson disappeared with Amundsen and four others as they were looking for the expedition of Umberto Nobile.[1][2]

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Early life

Leif Ragnar Dietrichson was born at Hønefoss in Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of Dr. Kristian Adolf Gustav Emil Dietrichson (1858–96) and Birgitte Lynum (1860–1940). He was a cousin of Bernt Balchen, and nephew of Oluf Christian Dietrichson, who had been with the Fridtjof Nansen expedition to Greenland (1888–89).[3][4]

Career

In 1911, Dietrichson became a commander with the in Bergen Steamship Company (Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap). When the Norwegian Navy Air Force was established in 1915, he became one of the pioneers. He started flying in 1916 and traveled to the United Kingdom in the spring of 1918 for further training. Later that year he became chief of the plane boat station in Kristiansand, a position he had until he died.[5]

Dietrichson participated in Roald Amundsen's North Pole expedition in 1925, which reached 87° 43' N.On 21 1925 May two Dornier Wal aircraft boats, N-24 and N-25, took off from Ny-Ålesund on the island of Spitsbergen. N 24 was led by Dietrichson, with Lincoln Ellesworth as a navigator and Oskar Omdal as a mechanic. N 25 was led by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, with Roald Amundsen as a navigator and Karl Feucht as a mechanic. After 7 hours of flight, the expedition made an emergency landing due to motor difficulties. N-24 landed but was damaged. After 25 days the six man crew managed to fly back to Svalbard in the N-25. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Disappearance

Dietrichson disappeared together with a five-man crew on 18 June 1928 during the Roald Amundsen-led rescue mission searching for Umberto Nobile and his crew of the missing airship Italia.[11] [12][13]

Leif Dietrichson memorial at Søndre park in Hønefoss

See also

References

  1. ^ Kenneth P. Czech (12 June 2006). "Roald Amundsen and the 1925 North Pole Expedition". HistoryNet.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ Barbara Rhodes. "Umberto Nobile ~The North Pole Flights". 90north.tripod.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Leif Ragnar Dietrichson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Oluf Christian Dietrichson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  5. ^ Terje Valestrand (7 October 2006). "Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap". Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. ^ "N24/ N25". Norsk Polar History. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Lincoln Ellsworth". Norsk Polar History. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  8. ^ Ulf Larsstuvold. "Oskar Omdal". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  9. ^ Ulf Larsstuvold. "Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Karl Feucht". The Fram Museum. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  11. ^ "The N24/N25 flight towards the North Pole (1925)". The Fram Museum. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  12. ^ Barr, Susan. "Leif Dietrichson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  13. ^ "The "Italia" airship". Spitsbergen Airship Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

Related reading

  • Cross, Wilbur (2000) Disaster at the Pole. The tragedy of the airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole (Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press) ISBN 9781585744961

External links

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