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He was born at Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway. He attended the Technical School at Porsgrunn. He graduated from the Norwegian Naval Flight School (Marinens Flygeskole) at Horten in 1919. He was promoted to lieutenant in the Royal Norwegian Navy during 1922. ^[2]^[3]

In 1923 with Roald Amundsen he tried to fly from Wainwright, Alaska to Spitsbergen across the North Pole. Amundsen and Omdal's aircraft was damaged and they abandoned the journey. In 1925, Omdal was a mechanic on Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amundsen's attempted flight to the North Pole.

Omdal took off on December 23, 1927 from Curtiss Field on Long Island, New York with Frances Wilson Grayson, navigator Brice Goldsborough and engineer Frank Koehler headed for Harbor Grace in Newfoundland. This flight was in preparation for Grayson's planned crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to set the record for the first woman to cross. The twin-engine air-craft Dawn, an amphibious Sikorsky S-36, and its crew never arrived. No trace of the plane or the four aviators was found.^[8]^[9]

Legacy

Oscar Omdal street in Stavanger and Oscar Omdal terrace in the Hamresanden district of Kristiansand are both named after him.

In 1928, the Ontario Surveyor General named a number of lakes in the northwest of the province to honour aviators who had perished during 1927, mainly in attempting oceanic flights.^[12]^[13] These include Goldsborough Lake ({{Coord|50.70|N|89.34|W}}), Grayson Lake ({{Coord|50.88|N|89.43|W}}) and Omdahl {{sic}} Lake ({{Coord|50.81|N|89.49|W}}) which are in close proximity to each other in the Wabakimi Provincial Park.

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1. ^{{cite web|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Oskar_Omdal|title= Oskar Omdal|publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon |author= Ulf Larsstuvold|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url= http://frammuseum.no/polarhistorie/polfarere/oscar_omdal__1895-1927_|title= Oscar Omdal (1895-1927)|publisher= The Fram Museum|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}
3. ^Marinens Flygevåpen 1912-1914 (in Norwegian) (Hafsten, Arheim)
4. ^Roald Amundsens mislykkede polferd (Norgesglasset NRK)
5. ^Roald Amundsen (Store norske leksikon)
6. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.historynet.com/roald-amundsen-and-the-1925-north-pole-expedition.htm|title=Roald Amundsen and the 1925 North Pole Expedition|publisher= HistoryNet.com|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.polarhistorie.no/ekspedisjoner/N24_N25|title=1925 N24/ N25|publisher=Norsk Polar History|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}
8. ^[https://snl.no/Oskar_Omdal Oskar Omdal (Store norske leksikon)]
9. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/2010/12/09/vanished-at-sea-the-doomed-obsession-of-frances-wilson-grayson|title= Vanished at sea -the doomed obsession of Frances Wilson Grayson|publisher= Pembroke (Ontario) Daily Observer |author= Sean Chase|date= December 9, 2010|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.erikbolstad.no/postnummer-koordinatar/veg.php?veg=Oscar+Omdals+gate&kommune=1103|title= Oscar Omdals gate i Stavanger|publisher= postnummer-koordinatar|author= Erik Bolstad|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url= https://no.housenode.com/rogaland/kristiansand/hamresanden/oscar-omdals-terrasse|title= Oscar Omdals terrasse i Hamresanden|publisher= housenode.com|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web|last=Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources|first=|coauthors=|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/library/repository/mon/16000/263650.pdf |title=St. Raphael Signature Site Strategy |year=2007 |publisher= |location=Toronto, ON |accessdate=2011-07-19}} p 14.
13. ^{{cite news | title = Lost Aviators: New Lakes Named | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32084097 | agency = | newspaper = The West Australian | publisher = | location = Perth, WA | date = 16 January 1928 | page = 13 | accessdate = 2011-07-19 }}
14. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.lakepedia.com/lake/omdahl.htmlterrasse |title= Omdahl Lake, Ontario|publisher= Lakepedia|accessdate= May 1, 2017}}

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