Arne Austeen

Arne Austeen DFC (1 July 1911 – 4 May 1945) was a Norwegian flying ace who was killed during World War II.
He was born in Stokke to parents from Brunlanes and Ås. 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 No. 331 Squadron RAF 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 end.
He was decorated with the St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch, the War Medal, the Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The road Austeens veg in Gjøvik has been named after him.