Einar Axel Malmstrom
1907–1954
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- military officer
Einar Axel Malmstrom (July 14, 1907 – August 21, 1954) was a colonel in the United States Air Force. Malmstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois to Swedish immigrants, Per O Malmström and Hanna Eklund Malmström from the area close to Kristianstad.
Incarceration history
- Stalag Luft IDates unknown
Biography
Einar Axel Malmstrom (July 14, 1907 – August 21, 1954) was a colonel in the United States Air Force. Malmstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois to Swedish immigrants, Per O Malmström and Hanna Eklund Malmström from the area close to Kristianstad. He was a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot and commanding officer of the 356th Fighter Group of the 8th Air Force during World War II. He was shot down in 1944 and was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I from April 1944 through May 1945.