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Torstein Pettersen Raaby (6 October 1918 – 23 March 1964) was a Norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Torstein Pettersen Raaby (1918-1964) var en norsk ingeniør og radiotelegrafist som var motstandsmann under andre verdenskrig. Han var først agent for Sovjetunionen og deretter agent for britiske Secret Intelligence Service [2] og ble tildelt Krigskorset med sverd, Norges høyeste utmerkelse.
Torstein Pettersen Raaby (6 October 1918 – 23 March 1964) was a Norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition.
He was Torstein Raaby, 44 years old, who in 1947 was a member of the South Pacific Kon‐Tiki raft expedition. Canadian Northern Affairs Minister Arthur Laing announced Mr....
Torstein Raaby was a Norwegian cinematographer who died in a plane crash while on an expedition to the North Pole in 1964. He was known for his work on Kon-Tiki (1950), a classic documentary about the voyage of Thor Heyerdahl across the Pacific Ocean.
Torstein Raaby (1918–1964) was also in charge of radio transmissions. He gained radio experience while hiding behind German lines during WWII, spying on the German battleship Tirpitz. His secret radio transmissions eventually helped guide in Allied bombers to sink the ship.
Torstein Raaby was born on 6 October 1918 in Dverberg, Norway. He was a cinematographer, known for Kon-Tiki (1950). He died on 23 March 1964 in Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
