Trygve Johannes MASENGAge: 66 years1923–1989
- Name
- Trygve Johannes MASENG
- Hebrew
- טרוגבה יוהנס מסינג
| Birth | June 8, 1923 (Sivan 24, 5683) 29 27 |
| Death of a father | Trygve MASENG April 30, 1961 (Iyar 14, 5721) (Age 37 years) Louisville, Kentucky, USA - לואיסוויל, ארה"ב |
| Death of a mother | Stella Maria NISSEN March 1984 (Adar II 5744) (Age 60 years) Columbia, South Carolina, USA - קולומביה, ארה"ב |
| Occupation | Pilot Hebrew: טייס |
| Nickname | John Hebrew: ג'ון |
| Death | October 25, 1989 (Tishrei 26, 5750) (Age 66 years) Tel Aviv, Israel - תל אביב, ישראל |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Trygve MASENG טרוגבה מסינג Birth: March 29, 1894 (Adar II 21, 5654) — Askim Ostfold, Norway Death: April 30, 1961 (Iyar 14, 5721) — Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| mother |
Stella Maria NISSEN סטלה מריה ניסן Birth: May 25, 1896 (Sivan 13, 5656) — Ribe, Denmark Death: March 1984 (Adar II 5744) — Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
| himself |
טרוגבה יוהנס מסינג Birth: June 8, 1923 (Sivan 24, 5683) 29 27 — Chicago, Illinois, USA Death: October 25, 1989 (Tishrei 26, 5750) — Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Source | FToJP - 82658 (2004) |
| Source | Ketil Ken Nygaard - genealogical research Publication: http://nygaard.howards.net/index.htm |
| Source | Elroi Ancestry Family Tree Publication: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5246058/family/familyview
Family tree of Elroi, Davidowitz families Citation details: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5246058/person/-1420805865 Text: Trygve Johannes Maseng
Birth 8 Jun 1923
Chicago, IL
Marriage 16 Mar 1945 (Age: 21)
USA
to Susan Warren
Divorce 1946 (Age: 23)
from Susan Warren
Marriage 29 Nov 1949 (Age: 26)
Tel Aviv, Israel
to Eve "Chava" Tamar Davidowitz
Death 25 Oct 1989 (Age: 66)
Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Note | Columbia University student Trygve Maseng, the son of Norwegian immigrants, had been a captain in the U.S. air force and joined Israel's because "I was too late for the Spanish civil war Spanish civil war, 1936–39, conflict in which the conservative and traditionalist forces in Spain rose against and finally overthrew the second Spanish republic.
He attended the University of Chicago before volunteering to serve in the Air Force during WWII. He rose to the rank of Major and was a bomb formation leader flying missions in Europe and the Pacific. His main Aircraft was the B-26. After the war, he attended Columbia University where he was approached and convinced to volunteer to train pilots for the Jews in Palestine. After the formation of the state of Israel, he chose to remain there and met his wife Eve Davidowitz and they were married in 1949. Trygve later served as a test pilot for the Israeli airlines Arkia and El-Al. He was an amateur archeologist and poet.
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