Wilhelm Mohr (27 June 1917 – 26 September 2016) was a Norwegian aviation officer. He was born in

Fana Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the southeastern part of the municipality of Bergen. The borough was once part of the historic municipality of Fana which was incorporated into Bergen ...

to landowner Wilhelm Mohr and Emily Holm, and was a grandson of grain merchant Conrad Mohr. He served as aviation officer during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, both in the Norwegian Campaign and later in

Little Norway Little Norway ( no, Lille Norge), officially (FTL, "Air Force Training Camp"), was a Norwegian Army Air Service/Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in southern Ontario during the Second World War. Origins When Nazi Germany attacked Norway o ...

in Canada, and with the No. 332 Squadron RAF. He was promoted Major General in 1962, and Lieutenant General in 1964, and served as head of the

Royal Norwegian Air Force The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) ( no, Luftforsvaret, , The Air Defence) is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximatel ...

. He was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1964. His war decorations include the

War Cross with sword The War Cross with Sword (Norwegian Bokmål: ''Krigskorset med sverd, '' Norwegian Nynorsk: ''Krigskrossen med sverd'') is the highest ranking Norwegian gallantry decoration. It is awarded for extraordinary brave actions or extraordinary leadersh ...

, the British Distinguished Flying Cross, and the American Legion of Merit. He died on 26 September 2016, 99 years old.

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1917 births 2016 deaths Norwegian Army Air Service personnel of World War II Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel of World War II Norwegian World War II pilots Norwegian Royal Air Force pilots of World War II Royal Norwegian Air Force generals Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Foreign recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the War Cross with Sword (Norway) Norwegian Military Academy alumni Military personnel from Bergen {{norway-mil-bio-stub