Christian Roy Kaldager
Christian Roy Kaldager (born March 18, 1908 in Baltimore , Maryland , United States , † June 23, 2005 ) was a Norwegian major general in the Air Force .
biography
After attending school, he entered the Navy and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1931 and then the Royal Naval Aviation Academy in 1932. At times he was a lieutenant instructor in "Little Norway", the aviation training center in Canada . From 1936 to 1941 he was captain of the merchant navy before he took part in the Second World War in 1942 as commander of the 330th Squadron of the Royal Naval Aviation Service .
After the end of World War II, he moved to the Royal Air Force and was promoted to colonel in 1953 . In 1957 he was appointed Inspector General of the Air Force ( Luftforsvaret ) and promoted as such to Major General in 1957. 1962–1963 he was in command of the United Nations Air Force in the Congo , and from August to December 1963, he was the successor to Ethiopian General Kebbede Guebre, commander and military leader of the United Nations Operation in Congo (ONUC). He was followed by the Nigerian General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi .
After his return from the Congo, he was acting Chief of Staff of the High Command of the Norwegian Armed Forces ( Norges forsvar ) from 1964 to 1968 and then from 1968 to 1973 commander of Akershus Fortress in Oslo . At the same time, Major General Kaldager was director of the training command of the armed forces from 1969 to 1970.
In 1973 he was adopted into retirement .
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| SURNAME | Kaldager, Christian Roy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian Major General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 2005 |