A Norwegian Flying Ace
Born: 16 Mai 1923 in Oslo, Norway
Died: 29 Jul 1999 Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norge
Honors:
St. Olav Medal with Oak branch
War Medal
Haakon VII’s 70th Anniversary Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Claimed kills: 5+1
1 July 1943 one Me109 damaged
19 Aug 1943 one Me109 destroyed
24 Oct 1943 one Me109 destroyed
23 Jan 1944 one FW190 destroyed
15 June 1944 one FW190 destroyed
29 Dec 1944 two Me109s destroyed
HISTORY ABOUT RAGNAR’S LIFE
Ragnar Dogger was a Norwegian born in Oslo the 16th of May 1923, when he left school in December 1940 he travelled to Sweden where the Norwegian Embassy put him in a boarding school. In some time, he managed to get a visa for travelling to Japan, where he since crossed Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway to Vladivostok which he left the day before Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. But the trip was far from over, from Japan he boarded the ship Asama Maru wich left for San Francisco. However, upon crossing the International Dateline, the ship turned back for Yokohama, but eventually Honolulu was finally reached. There he went ashore and missed the ship, since reported himself to the police and was given an job onboard the SS Hybert. Once he reached Boston, he travelled to Toronto in Canada, where he was trained at the newly esthablished training camp named “Little Norway”! After he completed his training, he was sent to the United Kongdom and joined the Norwegian 331 Squadron in the early 1943 and was appointed as an Sergeant. During his time in 331 Squadron he became an flying ace, with 5 destroyed planes of the types ME 109 and FW 190’s, and one severely damaged ME109.
In October 1943 he was Commissioned, he was awarded a DFC in July 1944. Was since then a gunnery instructor at CGS, Catfoss. He returned to the squadron for a second tour in November 1944, now as an flight commander and was released from his service in late 1945 and returned to Norway where he since became an successful businessman.
The Dog in the image is an Schäfer, wich followed the 132 Wing all the way from the Norwegians
to England until they were disbanded back home in Norway 6 years later. His name was “Varg”. The title could have an title such as "Ragnar Dogger with Varg” with this taken into consideration!
CONCLUSION
I tought his history was quite interesting, and the image was quite nice looking. He is posing in front of an Spitfire leased by the Norwegian Army, painted in Norwegian stripes on the nose and wings. There are a plain profile image of him, but i tought this image with him posing in front of the plane with the 331 squadron’s Schäfer Dog was quite wholesome and good looking. It could be obtainable either tough an event, or as an achivement in an eventual future Norwegian/Danish techtree, even as an Page of history event.
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Ragnar Dogger
Ragnar Dogger f. 16 Mai 1923 Oslo, Norge d. 29 Jul 1999 Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norge
331 and 332 Squadron, Spitfire, 331 skvadron, 332 skvadron
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