Einar Lundborg
Einar Paul Albert Muni Lundborg was a Swedish aviator.
Biography
He was born on 5 April 1896.In 1928 he rescued Italian explorer Umberto Nobile after Nobile's airship crashed on the ice north of Spitsbergen. He was later promoted to captain in the Swedish [Air Force].
Before joining the air force, Lundborg participated in the Finnish Civil War in 1918 and in the Estonian War of Independence in 1919–1920.
Lundborg was killed during a test flight of the Jaktfalken airplane at Malmslätt in 1931. He was survived by his wife Margareta, née Malmberg. He is buried in Linköping, Sweden.
Honours and awards
;Estonian War of Independence- Cross of Liberty 3rd class II phase
- Estonia's war memorial
- Order of the [Cross of Liberty|Cross of Liberty] Class III with Swords and Class IV with Swords
- Order of the [White Rose of Finland], Commander 2nd class
- Finnish gallantry medal, Phase II
- Swedish Brigadier gallantry medal
- Medal of Tampere
- Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class with Swords
- Order of St. Anna, 3rd class with Swords
- Iron Cross, I and II Classes