This squadron was established in the autumn of 1940 and was operating from Akureyri, Iceland, from July 1941.
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At the start of the war, Norwegian personnel received flight training at Toronto, Canada, at Toronto Island Airport.
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Later that year, the Maurice Farman biplanes Njaal and Gange Rolf were purchased.
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He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, graduated from the Norwegian Naval Academy in 1931 and from the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Academy in 1932.
On 30 December 1939, Norway sent a purchasing commission to the United States, consisting of a Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service contingent headed by Cmdr. Kristian Østby, and a Norwegian Army Air Service contingent led by Birger F. Motzfeldt.