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[[Generallöjtnant|Lieutenant General]] '''Gustaf Adolf Westring''' (2 September 1900 – 15 March 1963) was a [[Swedish Air Force]] officer. Westring served as commanding officer of [[Västmanland Air Force Wing]], as head of the [[Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College]], as [[Chief of the Air Staff (Sweden)|Chief of the Air Staff]] and as head of the [[Swedish Defence University|Swedish National Defence College]]. He was also head of the Swedish contingent to [[Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission]] (NNSC).
[[Generallöjtnant|Lieutenant General]] '''Gustaf Adolf Westring''' (2 September 1900 – 15 March 1963) was a [[Swedish Air Force]] officer. Westring served as commanding officer of [[Västmanland Wing]], as head of the [[Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College]], as [[Chief of the Air Staff (Sweden)|Chief of the Air Staff]] and as head of the [[Swedish Defence University|Swedish National Defence College]]. He was also head of the Swedish contingent to the [[Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission]] (NNSC).


==Early life==
==Early life==
Westring was born on 2 September 1900 in [[Stockholm]], the son of president of the [[Svea Court of Appeal]], Hjalmar Westring and his wife, Countess Adélaïde Stackelberg.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385">{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|53509}} |url=http://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/1409.html |page=1385}}</ref> His brothers were Claes Westring (born 1893), a diplomat,<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 893">{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943 |year=1940 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|10335454}} |url=http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1943/0893.html |page=893}}</ref> and Lennart Westring (born 1897), a physician.<ref name="Svensson & Ekstedt (1955), p. 1003">{{cite book |editor-last1=Svensson |editor-first1=Stina |editor-last2=Ekstedt |editor-first2=Tage |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1955 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1955 |year=1955 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|3681511}} |url=http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1955/1027.html |page=1003}}</ref>
Westring was born on 2 September 1900 in [[Stockholm]], the son of president of the [[Svea Court of Appeal]], Hjalmar Westring and his wife, Countess Adélaïde Stackelberg.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385">{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|53509}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/1409.html |page=1385}}</ref> His brothers were Claes Westring (born 1893), a diplomat,<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 893">{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943 |year=1940 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|10335454}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1943/0893.html |page=893}}</ref> and Lennart Westring (born 1897), a physician.<ref name="Svensson & Ekstedt (1955), p. 1003">{{cite book |editor-last1=Svensson |editor-first1=Stina |editor-last2=Ekstedt |editor-first2=Tage |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1955 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1955 |year=1955 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|3681511}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1955/1027.html |page=1003}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Gustaf Adolf Westring and Bengt Nordenskiöld in 1939.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Westring (left) and [[Bengt Nordenskiöld]] in 1939.]]
[[File:Gustaf Adolf Westring and Bengt Nordenskiöld in 1939.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Westring (left) and [[Bengt Nordenskiöld]] in 1939.]]


He graduated as a naval officer in 1922 and was commissioned as a ''[[fänrik]]'' in the [[Swedish Navy]].<ref name="Vem är det (1945), p. 1154">{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945 |year=1945 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|8261511}} |url=http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1945/1154.html |page=1154}}</ref> He underwent flight training in 1924.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> Westring attended the staff course at the [[Royal Swedish Naval Staff College]] from 1928 to 1929.<ref name="National Archives">{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad?postid=ArkisRef+SE%2FKrA%2F0035%3A0964 |publisher=[[National Archives of Sweden]] |title=Westring, Gustaf Adolf, arkiv |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref> Westring became a lieutenant in the [[Swedish Air Force]] in 1929 and served in the [[Air Staff (Sweden)|Air Staff]] from 1929 to 1934 and was an expert in the 1930 Defence Commission from 1931 to 1935.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> In 1936, Westring underwent pilot training for [[heavy bomber]] in [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="National Archives"/> Back in Sweden, he then served in the Air Staff from 1936 to 1940.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
He graduated as a naval officer in 1922 and was commissioned as a ''[[fänrik]]'' in the [[Swedish Navy]].<ref name="Vem är det (1945), p. 1154">{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945 |year=1945 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedish |id={{LIBRIS|8261511}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1945/1154.html |page=1154}}</ref> He underwent flight training in 1924.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> Westring attended the staff course at the [[Royal Swedish Naval Staff College]] from 1928 to 1929.<ref name="National Archives">{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad?postid=ArkisRef+SE%2FKrA%2F0035%3A0964 |publisher=[[National Archives of Sweden]] |title=Westring, Gustaf Adolf, arkiv |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref> Westring became a lieutenant in the [[Swedish Air Force]] in 1929 and served in the [[Air Staff (Sweden)|Air Staff]] from 1929 to 1934 and was an expert in the 1930 Defence Commission from 1931 to 1935.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> In 1936, Westring underwent pilot training for [[heavy bomber]] in [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="National Archives"/> Back in Sweden, he then served in the Air Staff from 1936 to 1940.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>


He was promoted to major in 1939 and was head of the Operations Department in the Air Staff in 1940. From 1940 to 1942, Westring served as head of the Air Operations Department in the [[Defence Staff (Sweden)|Defence Staff]]. He was promoted to colonel in 1943 and served as commanding officer of the [[Västmanland Air Force Wing]] from 1942 to 1945 and then as head of the [[Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College]] from 1945 to 1947.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> Westring was then [[Chief of the Air Staff (Sweden)|Chief of the Air Staff]] for ten years, from 1947 to 1957, and he was promoted to major general in 1950. He was head of the [[Swedish Defence University|Swedish National Defence College]] from 1957 to 1960 <ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> and of the Swedish Delegation to the [[Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission]] (NNSC) in [[Korea]] from 1 October 1960 to 31 October 1961.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://repo.kinu.or.kr/bitstream/2015.oak/1440/1/0001417928.pdf |first=Gabriel |last=Jonsson |title=Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula: The Role of Commissions |publisher=Korea Institute for National Unification |location=Seoul |year=2009 |page=692 |isbn=978-89-8479-517-4}}</ref> Westring was promoted to lieutenant general in 1961 and retired from the military.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
He was promoted to major in 1939 and was head of the Operations Department in the Air Staff in 1940. From 1940 to 1942, Westring served as head of the Air Operations Department in the [[Defence Staff (Sweden)|Defence Staff]]. He was promoted to colonel in 1943 and served as commanding officer of the [[Västmanland Wing]] from 1942 to 1945 and then as head of the [[Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College]] from 1945 to 1947.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> Westring was then [[Chief of the Air Staff (Sweden)|Chief of the Air Staff]] for ten years, from 1947 to 1957, and he was promoted to major general in 1950. He was head of the [[Swedish Defence University|Swedish National Defence College]] from 1957 to 1960 <ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> and of the Swedish Delegation to the [[Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission]] (NNSC) in [[Korea]] from 1 October 1960 to 31 October 1961.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://repo.kinu.or.kr/bitstream/2015.oak/1440/1/0001417928.pdf |first=Gabriel |last=Jonsson |title=Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula: The Role of Commissions |publisher=Korea Institute for National Unification |location=Seoul |year=2009 |page=692 |isbn=978-89-8479-517-4}}</ref> Westring was promoted to lieutenant general in 1961 and retired from the military.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>


Westring served as a military adviser at the disarmament conference in [[Geneva]] in 1962 and he belonged to [[Atlas Copco|AB Atlas Copco]]'s Executive Board from 1962 to 1963.<ref name="National Archives"/>
Westring served as a military adviser at the disarmament conference in [[Geneva]] in 1962 and he belonged to [[Atlas Copco|AB Atlas Copco]]'s Executive Board from 1962 to 1963.<ref name="National Archives"/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1927, he married Anna Löfving (19031–1989), the daughter of stationmaster Oscar Löfving and Anna Holmlin. They had four children: Margareta (born 1929), Gösta (born 1931), Elisabeth (born 1938) and Peter (born 1942).<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
In 1927, he married Anna Löfving (1903–1989), the daughter of stationmaster Oscar Löfving and Anna Holmlin. They had four children: Margareta (born 1929), Gösta (born 1931), Elisabeth (born 1938) and Peter (born 1942).<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>


==Death==
==Death==
Westring died on 15 March 1963 when [[Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano]] Flight 915 from [[Arica]], Chile to [[La Paz]], Bolivia, that was operated by a Douglas DC-6 (registered CP-707) on this day, crashed into [[Chachacomani]] mountain, killing all 36 passengers and three crew members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630315-1 |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B CP-707 Tacora Volcano |accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref> Westring was working for [[Atlas Copco|AB Atlas Copco]] at the time. Another Swede died on the same flight, Lars Gunnar Nilsson, a sales engineer at Atlas Copco's South American subsidiary.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/portrattfynd/veckans-portratt/2942-veckans-portrattfynd-anna-margareta-lofving |publisher=Sveriges Släktforskarförbund |website=www.rotter.se |title=Veckans porträttfynd |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=VEST19630328.2.10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |journal=Vestkusten |title=Två svenskar saknas efter krash i Anderna |publisher=San Francisco & Mill Valley, Cal |number=13 |page=1 |id={{LIBRIS|4085814}} |date=28 March 1963 |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
Westring died on 15 March 1963 when [[Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano]] Flight 915 from [[Arica]], Chile to [[La Paz]], Bolivia, that was operated by a Douglas DC-6 (registered CP-707) on this day, crashed into [[Chachacomani]] mountain, killing all 36 passengers and three crew members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630315-1 |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B CP-707 Tacora Volcano |accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref> Westring was working for [[Atlas Copco|AB Atlas Copco]] at the time. Another Swede died on the same flight, Lars Gunnar Nilsson, a sales engineer at Atlas Copco's South American subsidiary.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/portrattfynd/veckans-portratt/2942-veckans-portrattfynd-anna-margareta-lofving |publisher=Sveriges Släktforskarförbund |website=www.rotter.se |title=Veckans porträttfynd |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=VEST19630328.2.10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |journal=Vestkusten |title=Två svenskar saknas efter krash i Anderna |publisher=San Francisco & Mill Valley, Cal |number=13 |page=1 |id={{LIBRIS|4085814}} |date=28 March 1963 |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref>


He was buried on 4 May 1963 in [[Djursholm]] Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/85646824 |website=www.svenskagravar.se |title=Westring, Gustaf Adolf |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
He was buried on 4 May 1963 in [[Djursholm]] Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/85646824 |website=www.svenskagravar.se |title=Westring, Gustaf Adolf |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=Swedish |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327220216/http://svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/85646824 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Dates of rank==
==Dates of rank==
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===Swedish===
===Swedish===
*[[File:Royal Order of the Sword - Commander 1st Class BAR.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander First Class of the [[Order of the Sword]] (6 June 1951)<ref>Kungl. Hovstaterna: Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv, Matriklar (D 1), vol. 12 (1950–1959), p. 30, [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/E0000847_00021#?c=&m=&s=&cv=20&xywh=-39%2C47%2C3431%2C1881 digital imageing].</ref>
*[[File:Royal Order of the Sword - Commander 1st Class BAR.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the [[Order of the Sword]] (6 June 1951)<ref>Kungl. Hovstaterna: Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv, Matriklar (D 1), vol. 12 (1950–1959), p. 30, [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/E0000847_00021#?c=&m=&s=&cv=20&xywh=-39%2C47%2C3431%2C1881 digital imageing].</ref>
*[[File:SWE Order of Vasa - Knight 2nd Class BAR.png|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander First Class of the [[Order of Vasa]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:SWE Order of Vasa - Knight 2nd Class BAR.png|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the [[Order of Vasa]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:Order of the Polar Star - Ribbon bar, pre 1975.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the [[Order of the Polar Star]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:Order of the Polar Star - Ribbon bar, pre 1975.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the [[Order of the Polar Star]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>


===Foreign===
===Foreign===
*[[File:FIN Order of the White Rose Commander 1st Class BAR.png|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Finland}} Commander First Class of the [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:FIN Order of the White Rose Commander 1st Class BAR.png|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Finland}} Commander 1st Class of the [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:St Olavs Orden kommandør med stjerne stripe.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Norway}} Commander with Star of the [[Order of St. Olav]] (1 July 1960)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Westring&type=&aarstall= |publisher=[[Monarchy of Norway|Royal Court of Norway]] |website=www.kongehuset.no |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer |trans-title=Awards of medals and medals |access-date=2021-12-14 |language=no}}</ref>
*[[File:St Olavs Orden kommandør med stjerne stripe.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Norway}} Commander with Star of the [[Order of St. Olav]] (1 July 1960)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Westring&type=&aarstall= |publisher=[[Monarchy of Norway|Royal Court of Norway]] |website=www.kongehuset.no |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer |trans-title=Awards of medals and medals |access-date=2021-12-14 |language=no}}</ref>
*[[File:Order of the Dannebrog K.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Denmark}} Commander of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:Order of the Dannebrog K.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|Denmark}} Commander of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|France}} Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|50x50px]] {{flagicon|France}} Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/>
*[[File:Us legion of merit officer rib.png|50x50px]] {{flagicon|USA}} Officer of the [[Legion of Merit]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 1385"/> (20 September 1960<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tidningar.kb.se/8224221/1960-09-21/edition/11165/part/1/page/13/?q=%22Legion%20of%20Merit%22&sort=asc&from=1960-01-01&to=1979-12-31 |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |title=Gustaf Adolf Westring |page=A15 |date=1960-09-21 |accessdate=15 May 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref>)
*[[File:Us legion of merit officer rib.png|50x50px]] {{flagicon|USA}} Officer of the [[Legion of Merit]] (20 September 1960)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1960-09-21/6/SVD |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |title=Officiellt |page=6A |date=21 September 1960 |access-date=1 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
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[[Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Bolivia]]
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Latest revision as of 07:56, 21 August 2024

Gustaf Adolf Westring
Born(1900-09-02)2 September 1900
Stockholm, Sweden
Died15 March 1963(1963-03-15) (aged 62)
Chachacomani, Bolivia
AllegianceSweden
Service / branchSwedish Air Force
Years of service1921–1961
RankLieutenant General
Commands

Lieutenant General Gustaf Adolf Westring (2 September 1900 – 15 March 1963) was a Swedish Air Force officer. Westring served as commanding officer of Västmanland Wing, as head of the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College, as Chief of the Air Staff and as head of the Swedish National Defence College. He was also head of the Swedish contingent to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC).

Early life

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Westring was born on 2 September 1900 in Stockholm, the son of president of the Svea Court of Appeal, Hjalmar Westring and his wife, Countess Adélaïde Stackelberg.[1] His brothers were Claes Westring (born 1893), a diplomat,[2] and Lennart Westring (born 1897), a physician.[3]

Career

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Westring (left) and Bengt Nordenskiöld in 1939.

He graduated as a naval officer in 1922 and was commissioned as a fänrik in the Swedish Navy.[4] He underwent flight training in 1924.[1] Westring attended the staff course at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1928 to 1929.[5] Westring became a lieutenant in the Swedish Air Force in 1929 and served in the Air Staff from 1929 to 1934 and was an expert in the 1930 Defence Commission from 1931 to 1935.[1] In 1936, Westring underwent pilot training for heavy bomber in Royal Air Force.[5] Back in Sweden, he then served in the Air Staff from 1936 to 1940.[1]

He was promoted to major in 1939 and was head of the Operations Department in the Air Staff in 1940. From 1940 to 1942, Westring served as head of the Air Operations Department in the Defence Staff. He was promoted to colonel in 1943 and served as commanding officer of the Västmanland Wing from 1942 to 1945 and then as head of the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College from 1945 to 1947.[1] Westring was then Chief of the Air Staff for ten years, from 1947 to 1957, and he was promoted to major general in 1950. He was head of the Swedish National Defence College from 1957 to 1960 [1] and of the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea from 1 October 1960 to 31 October 1961.[6] Westring was promoted to lieutenant general in 1961 and retired from the military.[1]

Westring served as a military adviser at the disarmament conference in Geneva in 1962 and he belonged to AB Atlas Copco's Executive Board from 1962 to 1963.[5]

Personal life

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In 1927, he married Anna Löfving (1903–1989), the daughter of stationmaster Oscar Löfving and Anna Holmlin. They had four children: Margareta (born 1929), Gösta (born 1931), Elisabeth (born 1938) and Peter (born 1942).[1]

Death

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Westring died on 15 March 1963 when Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Flight 915 from Arica, Chile to La Paz, Bolivia, that was operated by a Douglas DC-6 (registered CP-707) on this day, crashed into Chachacomani mountain, killing all 36 passengers and three crew members.[7] Westring was working for AB Atlas Copco at the time. Another Swede died on the same flight, Lars Gunnar Nilsson, a sales engineer at Atlas Copco's South American subsidiary.[8][9]

He was buried on 4 May 1963 in Djursholm Cemetery.[10]

Dates of rank

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Awards and decorations

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Swedish

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Foreign

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Honours

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Bibliography

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  • Carleson, Eric; Westring, Gustaf Adolf, eds. (1939). Sveriges försvar: ett samlingsverk i ord och bild. 5, Flygvapnet (in Swedish). Stockholm: Åhlén & Åkerlund. SELIBR 1935942.
  • Westring, Gustaf Adolf (1936). Luftkrig: en sammanställning av "douhetismen" och andra teorier samt några fakta och reflexioner rörande nutida luftförsvar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 1381454.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 1385. SELIBR 53509.
  2. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1940. p. 893. SELIBR 10335454.
  3. ^ Svensson, Stina; Ekstedt, Tage, eds. (1955). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1955 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1955] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1003. SELIBR 3681511.
  4. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 1154. SELIBR 8261511.
  5. ^ a b c "Westring, Gustaf Adolf, arkiv" (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. ^ Jonsson, Gabriel (2009). Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula: The Role of Commissions (PDF). Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification. p. 692. ISBN 978-89-8479-517-4.
  7. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B CP-707 Tacora Volcano". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Veckans porträttfynd". www.rotter.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Två svenskar saknas efter krash i Anderna". Vestkusten (in Swedish) (13). San Francisco & Mill Valley, Cal: 1. 28 March 1963. SELIBR 4085814. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Westring, Gustaf Adolf". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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  12. ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" [Awards of medals and medals]. www.kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Royal Court of Norway. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  13. ^ "Officiellt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 21 September 1960. p. 6A. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
Military offices
Preceded by
Folke Ramström
 Defence Staff's Air Operations Department
1940–1942 		Succeeded by
None
Preceded by Västmanland Wing
1942–1945 		Succeeded by
Arthur Falk
Preceded by Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College
1945–1947 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of the Air Staff
1947–1957 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Swedish National Defence College
1957–1960 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bengt Lind af Hageby
 Heads of Swedish Delegation to the NNSC
1 October 1960 – 31 October 1961 		Succeeded by
Åke Wikland
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