Air Force, US & Canada, Alphabetical*

Legend:

+ Christian

# Killed in Action

% Served in both Aliyah & Machal

Name	Nat	Hometown	State	Air Force Unit1	Air Force Unit2	Air Force Unit3	Air Force Main Duty
+Aberle, Calvin Ross	USA	unknown*		Air Photography Unit			air photographer
Agriss, Leon	USA	Harrisburg	PA	IAF Command			air inspector
Albrecht, Donald	USA	Flint	MI	No 69 Squadron
Alper, Max	USA	Syracuse	NY	Unidentified			aircraft maintenance
#Andrews, Stanley	USA	Los Angeles	CA	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Anger, Stanley	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
Antin, Sydney	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
Applebaum, Ted	USA	Washington	DC	No 106 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Aronson, Irving	USA	unknown*		No 69 Squadron			air gunner
Auerbach, Harold	USA	Oakland	CA	Air Transport Command			pilot
Augarten, Rudolph "Rudy"	USA	Philadelphia	PA	No 101 Squadron	Training Command		pilot
Back, Samuel	USA	Philadelphia	PA	Ekron Airfield			aircraft mechanic
Baltman, William "Bill"	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	No 69 Squadron			flight engineer
Bass, Jack	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			radioman
+Bean, James	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Beckwith [Beck], Morris	CAN	Ottawa	Ont.	Air Transport Command			navigator
Benn, Jacob	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
Berg, Henry	CAN	unknown*
%Berger, Stanley	USA	New York	NY	505 Radar
Berman, Leopold P.	USA	unknown*		Intelligence	Air Gunner
Bethlahmy, Nogah	USA	Philadelphia	PA	Air Transport Command			navigator
Bethlahmy, Rhoda	USA	Los Angeles	CA	Training Command			air academy office
+Bettencourt, Manuel	USA	unknown*		No 1 Squadron			air gunner
#+Beurling, George F. "Buzz"	CAN	Verdun	Que.	Air Transport Command			pilot
Binder, Sam	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
+Black, Chester	USA	Cleveland	OH	No 35 Flight	Training Command		pilot
+Blackwood, James Edwin	USA	Detroit	MI	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Blum, Kenneth	USA	New York	NY	No 103 Squadron			radio engineer
Bornstein, Herbert	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			flight engineer
Boshes, Samuel	USA	New York	NY	No 103 Squadron			pilot
#+Boyd, Spencer Andrew	USA	St. Louis	MO	No 1 Squadron			pilot
+Bradshaw, William "Blacky"	CAN	Dundas	Ont.	No 106 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Bream, Burt	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			navigator
Brettler, Lou	USA	New York	NY				supply officer
+Brodigan, Charles	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 69 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Burstein, Sam	USA	unknown*		No 1 Squadron			pilot
+Calisi, Paul	USA	unknown*		Training Command			pilot
Camerman, Sam	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 69 Squadron	Training Command		air gunner
Cameron, Rod "Tiny"	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
+Campos, Paul	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
#Canter, Wilfred	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Caplan, Len	USA	unknown*		No 69 Squadron			air gunner
Chaber, Victor	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			radioman
Chadouin, Jim	USA	unknown*		Training Command			Rome joint command
Chinsky, Eddie	CAN	Windsor	Ont.	Air Transport Command			radioman
Cohen [Kahn], Max	USA	unknown*
Cohen, Daniel B.	USA	New York	NY	No 101 Squadron
Cohen, Eli	USA	Norma	NJ	Air Transport Command			navigator
Cohen, Lenny	USA	unknown*		No 1 Squadron			pilot
Cohen, Meyer	CAN	Montreal	Que.	505 Radar
Cohen, Seymour "Sy"	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			radioman
Covent, Perry	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	Training Command
Cowan, Selwyn	USA	Clifton	NJ	Training Command
+Craven, Lawrence	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Cravitt, Daniel	USA	Miami	FL	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Crudgington, Charles	USA	Detroit	MI	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Crudginton, Charles	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.
Cuburnek, Julius	USA	Chicago	IL	Air Transport Command	No 69 Squadron		navigator/bomb chucker
+Cunningham, Allan	USA	Waco	TX	No 106 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
+Dahms, Evelyn	USA	San Diego	CA				Clerk
+Dahms, Fred	USA	San Diego	CA	Mechanic
Dangott, Caesar Morton	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
Danovitch, Abe	CAN	Montreal	Que.	No 103 Squadron			bomb chucker
Davis, Hershel	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
+Dawn, Robert	USA	Berkeley	CA	Air Transport Command			flight engineer/mechanic
Diamond, Paul	USA	unknown*		No 1 Squadron			bombardier
Dichek, Leonard	USA	San Diego	CA	Air Transport Command			navigator
Dinkin, Harry	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	No 69 Squadron			radioman
Dobrowitz, Al	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			navigator
+Dougherty, Richard E.	USA	Cleveland	OH	No 1 Squadron	No 35 Flight	Training Command	pilot
+Doyle, John "Jack"	CAN	London	Ont.	No 101 Squadron			pilot/instructor
Drutz, David	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	Training Command			radioman
Duboff, Harold	USA	Chicago	IL	No 69 Squadron			radioman
Dunsky, Paul	USA	Indianapolis	IN	Air Transport Command			radioman
Edelstein, Stephen	CAN	Pembroke	Ont.	No 106 Squadron			navigator
Ehrlich, Joe	USA	unknown*		505 Radar
Eichel, Sheldon	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
+Etchells, David	CAN	Hamilton	Ont.	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Evans, Robert	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command
Feldman, Leopold	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			radioman
Feldman, Sam	USA	Baltimore	MD	No 69 Squadron			pilot
Feldman, Seymour "Sy"	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
Feldstein, Howard Irving	USA	unknown*	TX	No 35 Flight			pilot
Fine, Robert Daniel	USA	Great Neck	NY	Air Transport Command			pilot
Fingerhut, Ben	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			radioman
Fingerman, Sol	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			radioman
Fink, David	USA	Detroit	MI	No 69 Squadron			air gunner
Finkel, Aaron "Red"	USA	New York	NY	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Firestone, Walter	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			engineer/maintenance
#Fisher, William	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	No 1 Squadron	No 103 Squadron		navigator
Fishman, Max	USA	Haverhill	MA	505 Radar			radar technician
+Fitchett, Leonard	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Flint, Mitchell "Mike"	USA	Oakland	CA	No 101 Squadron	No 35 Flight		pilot
Floom, Harold	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.
+Ford, Arthur	USA	unknown*		No 106 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Foster, Maury R.	USA	New York	NY	ATC
Frankel, Leon	USA	Minneapolis	MN	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Freeman, Alfred W.	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
Freeman, Lionel	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
Friedman, Shol	USA	Los Angeles	CA	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Fuchs [Foster], Murray "Ray"	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command	Training Command		pilot
Fuller, James	USA	Geneva	OH	No 69 Squadron			mechanic
Garbovitsky, Morley	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	No 69 Squadron			navigator
Gardner, Leo	USA	Los Angeles	CA	Air Transport Command			pilot
Garey, William	USA	unknown*
Garfin, Ansel	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
Germack, Walter	USA	Geneva	OH	No 69 Squadron			mechanic
Gershalter, Edward	USA	unknown*		No 69 Squadron			air gunner
#Gerson, William	USA	Los Angeles	CA	Air Transport Command			pilot
+Gibson, Theodore H. Jr.	USA	Miami	FL	No 35 Flight	Training Command		pilot
Glickman, Edward	USA	unknown*		Training Command
Goldberg, David	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Goldberg, Samuel	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.
Goldstein, Coleman	USA	Atlantic City	NJ	No 101 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Goldstein, Hy	USA	unknown*		No 2 Squadron			pilot/commander
Goldstein, Jack	CAN	Montreal	Que.	No 69 Squadron	Air Transport Command		radioman
Goodelman, Solomon	USA	Urbana	IL	Training Command	Ground Signals		radar/electronics
+Goodlin, Chalmers "Slick"	USA	Miami	FL	No 106 Squadron			pilot
Goodwin, Lee	USA	unknown*
Gordin, Matthew	CAN	Preston	Ont.
Gordon, Charles	USA	unknown*		Training Command			pilot
Gordon, Max	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Gordon, Sam	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	505 Radar
Gordon, Sherell	USA	Detroit	MI	No 103 Squadron			radioman
Gottlieb, Seymour	USA	unknown*		Training Command
Greene, Harold "Pappy"	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command	Training Command		pilot
Griver, David	USA	unknown*		Air Photography Unit			air photographer
Heckelman, A. Joseph	USA	New York	NY	505 Radar			radar technician
Heckelman, Tziporah D.	USA	New York	NY	Codes/Ciphers
Hellner, Murray	USA	unknown*
+Hines, George Edward	USA	unknown*		Training Command			pilot
Hodes, Roberta O.	USA	New York	NY				ground crew
Horowitz, Shalom	USA	unknown*
Hurtig, Jack	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.
Ilowite, Arnold	USA	New York	NY	No 69 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Jacobs, Solomon	CAN	Toranto	CA	103 Squarters			Pilot/Flight Engineer
Jacoby, Arieh	USA	unknown*		Air Photography Unit			air photographer
Joffe, Yale	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	Air Photography Unit			air photographer
Kahn [Cohen], Max	USA	Cleveland	OH	Air Transport Command			flight engineer
Kahn, Ira	USA	unknown*		No 69 Squadron			air gunner
Kane, James	CAN	Windsor	Ont.
Kaplan, Henry "Hen"	USA	Madison	WI	Training Command			pilot
Kaplan, Mort	USA	unknown*		505 Radar
Kaplan, Murray	USA	New York	NY	No 69 Squadron			mechanic
Kaplansky, Dave	CAN	Montreal	Que.	No 106 Squadron			bomb chucker
%Kaplansky, Yedidia "Eddy"	CAN	Montreal	Que.	No 103 Squadron	No 35 Flight		pilot
Kastner, Meyer	CAN	Montreal	Que.
Kates, Harold	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	No 101 Squadron			airframe mechanic
Katz, Samuel	USA	Mishawaka	IN	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Katz, William	USA	Jacksonville	FL	Air Transport Command	No 69 Squadron		pilot
Katzen, Sol	USA	Rockyhill	AR	No 1 Squadron			pilot
Kaufman, Maurice	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Kettner, Frank	CAN	Calgary	Alb.
+Kilgour, James	USA	unknown*		No 103 Squadron			pilot
#+King, Ernest "Glenn"	USA	Berkely	CA	Air Transport Command			flight engineer
Klausner, Samuel Z.	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			navigator
Klein, Shlomo	USA	unknown*
Kosteff, Don	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Kurtz, Raymond "Ray"	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command	No 69 Squadron		pilot
Kushner, David "Art"	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.
Langer, Albert	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	Training Command			radioman
Lee, Goodwin	USA	New York	NY	Air Photography Unit			air photographer
+Lee, Naron "Smoky"	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Leith, Nathan	CAN	Edmonton	Alb.	No 101 Squadron			physician
Lenart, Lou	USA	Los Angeles	CA	No 101 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Leora, Rena	USA	unknown*
Lerner, Seymour	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			navigator
Levine, Leonard	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			navigator
Levine, Shaul	USA	unknown*		505 Radar
Levitan, Elkan	CAN	Montreal	Que.				engine mechanic
Lewis, Samuel	USA	Los Angeles	CA	Air Transport Command			pilot
Liberson, Albert	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	505 Radar
Lichter, George	USA	New York	NY	No 101 Squadron	Training Command		pilot
Lichtman, Gideon	USA	Newark	NJ	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Lichtman, Leo	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			radioman
Lichtman, William	USA	New York	NY	No 69 Squadron			flight engineer
Lipschitz, Edward	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
Livingston, Harold	USA	Haverhill	MA	Air Transport Command			radioman
Luery, Bob	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
+Lutrell, Robert	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			navigator
Majzels, Leo	USA	Detroit	MI	No 69 Squadron			flight engineer
+Malpine, William	USA	Providence	RI	Air Transport Command			pilot
Manolson, Will	CAN	Calgary	Alb.
Marmelstein, Phil	USA	Philadelphia	PA	No 69 Squadron	No 35 Flight	Training Command	pilot/instructor
+Maseng, Trygvie Johannes	USA	New York	NY	No 69 Squadron	No 103 Squadron		pilot
+McConville, John	USA	Chicago	IL	No 69 Squadron			pilot
+McElroy, John F.	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 101 Squadron			pilot
+McGee, Chris	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
McGunigal, Jim	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.
Merovihtz [Mervin], Harry	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	No 69 Squadron			air gunner
Merson, Leonard	CAN	Montreal	Que.
Miller, Leo [Eliezer]	USA	Chicago	IL	Air Transport Command			pilot
Moonitz, Norman	USA	New York	NY	No 69 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
+Moore, Livingston	USA	unknown*		No 103 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Morris, Samuel	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	505 Radar			radar operator
#Moster, Ralph	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 1 Squadron	No 2 Squadron		pilot/commander
Murray, John	CAN	unknown*
Nachman, Harvey	USA	New York	NY	No 69 Squadron	Air Transport Command		navigator
Naturman, Meyer	CAN	Montreal	Que.	505 Radar			radar technician
+Nelson, Edward	CAN	Windsor	Ont.	No 1 Squadron			air gunner
+Nemer, Roscoe "Rocky"	USA	Evansville	IN	No 69 Squadron	Training Command		pilot
Newfeld, Frank	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
Newman, Rudolph J.	USA	Detroit	MI	Air Transport Command			radioman
+Nomis, Leo	USA	Santa Monica	CA	No 101 Squadron			pilot
+Nott, Charles "Red"	USA	Roseville	MI	No 101 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Novick, William	CAN	Montreal	Que.	Air Transport Command			pilot
+Ondra, Michael	USA	Ontario	CA	Air Transport Command			mechanic
Orloff, Harold	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Orringer, Paul	USA	New York	NY	No 103 Squadron			pilot
+Owen, (First name?)	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command
Panar, David	CAN	Edmonton	Alb.	Air Transport Command			engine mechanic
Paris, Marvin	USA	unknown*		Air Photography Unit			air photographer
Paskman, Martin	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			radioman
+Peake, Wayne	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
Pears, Jim	CAN	Hamilton	Ont.
+Pendelton, Eugene	USA	unknown*		Training Command			pilot
Perlstein [Perry], Victor	USA	Los Angeles	CA	Training Command			navigator/instructor
Perry, V.	USA	Los Angeles	CA				Pilot Training
Polansky, Elliot	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			pilot
Poll, Maurice	USA	unknown*		No 69 Squadron			air gunner
#Pomerantz, Sam	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			pilot
Pomerantz, William	USA	Newark	NJ	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Poskanzer, Aliza	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.
Pozkanzer, Dov	USA	Albany	NY	No 103 Squadron			radioman
Raab, Lawrence	USA	Philadelphia	PA	Air Transport Command			pilot
Raisin, Albert	USA	Pt. Washington	NY	No 69 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Ravich, Abraham	USA	Los Angeles	CA	No 103 Squadron	Training Command		radioman
Reiter, Walter	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	No 101 Squadron			intelligence officer
Renov, Jeremy "Jerry"	USA	Shreveport	LA	No 1 Squadron			pilot
Ribakoff, Martin	USA	East St. Louis	IL	Air Transport Command			pilot
+Roberts, Donald	USA	Burbank	CA	Air Transport Command			flight engineer
Rosenbaum, Aaron	USA	unknown*		Headquarters			safety equipment
#Rosenbaum, Moses Aaron	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			navigator
Rosenstein, Mitchell	USA	unknown*
Rosofsky, Ralph	USA	New York	NY	No 35 Flight			pilot
Rothman, Jacob	USA	unknown*
Rothstein, Harold	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
+Rowland, Gerald	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			navigator
Rubenfeld, Milton "Cy"	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
Ruvinsky, Aaron	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.
Sackin, Milton	USA	New York	NY	505 Radar			radar technician
Schild, Philip	USA	Los Angeles	CA	Air Transport Command			pilot
Schindler, Irvin "Swifty"	USA	Miami	FL	Air Transport Command			pilot
+Schroeder, William	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
%Schwartz, Eugene (Josh) S.	USA	Hartland	WI				signal tower operator
Schwartz, Harry	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Schwartz, Irwin "Steve"	USA	New York	NY	Air Transport Command			navigator
Schwarzbach, Marshall	USA	unknown*		No 69 Squadron			air gunner
Segal, Stanley	USA	unknown*
Shamir, Heyman	USA	unknown*
Shatan, Milton	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			flight engineer
Shawmut [Lessner], Shaloma	USA	Pittsburgh	PA				link trainer
Shnitke [Shaw], Sam	CAN	Calgary	Alb.	505 Radar
Siegel, Joseph	CAN	Glace Bay	N.S.	No 106 Squadron	Air Transport Command		radioman
Silver, Charles	USA	unknown*
+Sinclair, Geo Leslie "Lee"	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	No 101 Squadron			pilot
+Siske, Robert Lester	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Sklar, Benjamin	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			flight engineer
Smith, Harry	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	505 Radar
Smith, Jack	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	Air Transport Command			radioman
Smith, Morry	CAN	unknown*
Solsberg, Albert	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	No 101 Squadron	Air Transport Command	Training Command	radio mechanic
Soltan, Irving	USA	Los Angeles	CA	No 69 Squadron			air gunner
+Soltau, John	USA	Cleveland	OH	No 1 Squadron	No 35 Flight	Training Command	pilot
Sosnow, William	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			flight engineer/mechanic
Spicehandler, Daniel	USA	Mamaroneck	NY	No 69 Squadron			air gunner
+Spink, Thomas	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Sprung, Stewart R.	USA	Miami	FL	Air Transport Command
Stein, Benjamin	USA	unknown*
Steinberg, Otto	CAN	Montreal	Que.	No 69 Squadron			air gunner
Stern, Theodore	USA	unknown*		No 106 Squadron	Air Transport Command		radioman
#+Stevenson, Fred	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 103 Squadron			pilot
Stitz, Oscar	CAN	Montrael	Que
Sturrey, Ben "Red"	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	Air Transport Command			navigator
+%Styrak, Edward R.	USA	Detroit	MI	Air Transport Command			radioman
Sussman, Joe	CAN	Toronto	Ont.
+Sutton, Bernard "Terry"	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 35 Flight			pilot
Swing, Julian	USA	Los Angeles	CA	Air Transport Command			pilot
Tannenbaum, Meyer	USA	unknown*
Tolchinsky, Percy "Pussy"	USA	New York	NY	No 1 Squadron			pilot
Trop, Albert	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Troube, Avraham "Al"	CAN	Toronto	Ont.	Air Transport Command			radioman
Troyen, Edward	USA	unknown*
#Vickman, Robert Lester	USA	Los Angeles	CA	No 101 Squadron			pilot
+Wadman, Charles "Bill"	CAN	Calgary	Alb.	No 69 Squadron			air gunner
+Waterhouse, Francis	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
+Weddel, Robert Clarence	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			flight engineer
Weinblatt, Fred	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			pilot
Weinstein, Jerome	USA	Bayonne	NJ	No 69 Squadron			navigator
+Wilson, Clifford "Denny"	CAN	Hamilton	Ont.	No 101 Squadron			pilot
Wise, Julius	USA	unknown*		Air Transport Command			navigator
Wolfe, Albert	USA	unknown*		No 101 Squadron			pilot
Wolfson [Lam], Bessie [Batya]	CAN	Toronto	Ont.				codes and ciphers
Woolf, William	USA	New Brunswick	NJ	Training Command			mechanic
Wosk, Saul	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 101 Squadron			transport driver
Wright, David Isadore	CAN	Hamilton	Ont.
+Wygle, Brien	CAN	Vancouver	B.C.	No 103 Squadron	No 106 Squadron		pilot
Yadven, Arthur	USA	New York	NY	Air Tranport Command			pilot
Yankner, Morris	USA	unknown*		No 69 Squadron	Air Transport Command		pilot
Yurman, Shlomo	CAN	Winnipeg	Man.	Air Transport Command			instrument mechanic
Zychick, Eugene	USA	Cleveland	OH	No 69 Squadron			mechanic

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