Background
He was born in Stokke to parents from Brunlanes and Åson
He was born in Stokke to parents from Brunlanes and Åson
Norwegian Institute of Technology.
He took a degree in machine engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and pilot training in the armed forces. He settled in Gjøvik. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he fled the country in 1941 and travelled to the United Kingdom to join the Allied aerial forces.
He enrolled in the Royal Air Force, leading the Number.
331 Squadron Royal Air Force from 1 October 1943 to 15 March 1944. He was killed in action in the vicinity of Kiel in May 1945, shortly before the war"s education
The road Austeens veg in Gjøvik has been named after him.
