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'''Kristian August Østby''' (29 January 1900 – 11 June 1981) was a Norwegian naval aviator. |
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Kristian August Østby (29 January 1900 – 11 June 1981) was a Norwegian naval aviator.
Østby attended the Norwegian Naval Flying School from 1924, graduating in 1925. He soon became an instructor, then test pilot at Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk.
With captain Birger Motzfeldt of the Norwegian Army Air Force, he was instrumental in the purchase of aircraft from the United States just prior to the German invasion of Norway in 1940.
In 1941 he was appointed air attaché to the Norwegian embassy in Washington. After the war he served in the Norwegian air force in several technical positions, among others as director of Horten flyfabrikk and Kjeller Flyfabrikk.
Østby retired from the Norwegian Air Force in 1963 as a colonel.