Trygve Johannes Maseng ¹

   Another name for Trygve was John.

  General Notes:

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.

Trygve married Susan Warren on 16 Mar 1945 in USA. The marriage ended in divorce in 1946.

Trygve next married Eve Davidowitz on 29 Nov 1949 in Israel.

  Marriage Notes:

Trygve Johannes and Eve had two children: Don and Karen.