Tryggve Gran
British flying ace
Died when: 91 years 353 days (1103 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Jens Tryggve Herman Gran MC (20 January 1888 – 8 January 1980) was a Norwegian aviator, polar explorer and author.He was the skiing expert on the 1910–13 Scott Antarctic Expedition and was the first person to fly across the North Sea from Scotland to Norway in a heavier-than-air aircraft in August 1914.
During WW1 he joined the Royal Flying Corps and flew night bombing raids on the Western Front, for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
He co-piloted the first flight from London via Oslo to Stockholm in 1920.During WW2 he aligned himself with Vidkun Quisling's ruling party, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 1948.
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