Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel’s War of Independence
Air Force, alphabetical (U.S. and Canada)
Legend:
† Christian
# Killed in Action
£ Served in other Branches
¥ Served in Aliyah Bet and Machal
§ Served in Other Units of Army
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| † Aberle, Calvin Ross | USA | Air Photog Unit | ||
| Agriss, Leon | USA | Harrisburg | PA | IAF Command |
| Albrecht, Donald | USA | Flint | MI | No. 69 Squadron |
| Alper, Max | USA | Syracuse | NY | Air Force-Sde Dov |
| # Andrews, Stanley | USA | Los Angeles | CA | No. 101 Squadron |
| Antin, Sydney | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Applebaum, Ted | USA | Washington | DC | ATC/106 |
| Aronson, Irving | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| Auerbach, Harold "Hal" | USA | Oakland | CA | ATC |
| Augarten, Rudolph "Rudy" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | No. 101 Squadron/TC |
| Back, Samuel | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Ekron Airfield |
| † Baker, George Lynn | USA | No. 35 Flight/101 | ||
| Baltman, William "Bill" | CAN | Toronto | Ont | No. 69 Squadron |
| Bass, Jack | USA | ATC | ||
| † Bean, James | USA | ATC | ||
| Beckwith [Beck], Morris | CAN | Ottawa | Ont | ATC |
| Berman, Leopold Philip | USA | Air Force-Intel Branch | ||
| Bethlahmy, Nogah | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | ATC/TC |
| Bethlahmy, Rhoda | USA | New York | NY | Training Command |
| † Bettencourt, Manuel | USA | No. 1 Squadron | ||
| # † Beurling, Geo F. "Buzz" | CAN | Verdun | Que | ATC |
| Binder, Howard | USA | Philadelphia | PA | IAF Command |
| † Black, Chester | USA | No. 35 Flight/TC | ||
| † Blackwood, James Edwin | USA | No. 103 Squadron | ||
| Bleviss, David | USA | Los Angeles | CA | AF Psych. Department |
| Blum, Eugene | USA | New York | NY | Ekron Airfield |
| Blum, Kenneth | USA | New York | NY | No. 69 Squadron/103 |
| Bornstein, Herbert | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Boshes, Samuel | USA | New York | NY | No. 103 Squadron |
| # † Boyd, Spencer Andrew | USA | St. Louis | MO | No. 1 Squadron |
| † Bradshaw, William"Blacky" | CAN | Dundas | Ont | ATC/106 |
| Bream, Burt | USA | ATC | ||
| Brettler, Lou | USA | IAF Command | ||
| † Brodigan, Charles | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 69 Squadron/ATC |
| Burstein, Sam | USA | No. 1 Squadron | ||
| † Calisi, Paul | USA | Training Command | ||
| Camerman, Sam | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 69 Squadron/TC |
| † Campos, Paul | USA | ATC | ||
| # Canter, Wilfred "Wilf" | CAN | Toronto | Ont | No. 103 Squadron |
| Caplan, Alexander | CAN | Montreal | Que | Ekron Airfield |
| Caplan, Len | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| Chaber, Victor | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Chartok, Solomon | USA | Ground Signals | ||
| Chinsky, Eddie | CAN | Windsor | Ont | ATC |
| Cohen, Aaron | CAN | Kamsack | Sas | Ekron Airfield |
| Cohen, Barnet | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Ekron Airfield |
| Cohen, Daniel B. | USA | New York | NY | No. 101 Squadron |
| Cohen, Eli | USA | Norma | NJ | ATC |
| Cohen, Leonard "Len" | USA | No. 1 Squadron | ||
| Cohen, Nat | USA | Air Force-Chief of Intel | ||
| Cohen, Seymour "Sy" | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Commanday, Maurice | USA | New York | NY | IAF Command |
| Commanday, Ruth | USA | New York | NY | IAF Command |
| Covent, Perry | CAN | Toronto | Ont | TC |
| Cowan, Selwyn | USA | Clifton | NJ | Training Command |
| † Craven, Lawrence | USA | ATC | ||
| Cravitt, Daniel | USA | Miami | FL | No. 103 Squadron |
| † Crudgington, Charles | CAN | No. 103 Squadron | ||
| Cuburnek, Julius | USA | Chicago | IL | ATC/69 |
| † Cunningham, Allan | USA | New York | ATC/106 | |
| † Dahms, Evelyn | USA | San Diego | CA | Ekron Airfield |
| † Dahms, Fred | USA | San Diego | CA | Ekron Airfield |
| Dangott, Caesar Morton | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Danovitch, Abe | CAN | Montreal | Que | No. 103 Squadron |
| Davis, Hershel | USA | ATC | ||
| † Dawn, Robert | USA | San Diego | CA | ATC |
| Diamond, Paul | USA | No. 1 Squadron | ||
| Dichek, Leonard | USA | San Diego | CA | ATC |
| Dinkin, Harry | CAN | Toronto | Ont | No. 69 Squadron |
| Dobrowitz, Al | USA | ATC | ||
| † Dougherty, Richard E. | USA | Cleveland | OH | No. 1 Squadron/TC/35 Flight |
| † Doyle, John "Jack" | CAN | London | Ont | No. 101 Squadron |
| Drutz, David | CAN | Toronto | Ont | No. 103 Squadron/TC |
| Duboff, Harold | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| Dunsky, Paul | USA | ATC | ||
| Edelstein, Stephen | CAN | Pembroke | Ont | No. 106 Squadron |
| Eichel, Sheldon | USA | ATC | ||
| † Etchells, David | CAN | Hamilton | Ont | No. 101 Squadron |
| Ettenberg, Morris(Moshe) | USA | New York | NY | 505 Radar |
| Evans, Robert | USA | ATC | ||
| Feldman, Leopold | USA | ATC | ||
| Feldman, Sam | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| Feldman, Seymour "Sy" | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Feldstein, Howard Irving | USA | No. 35 Flight | ||
| Fine, Robert Daniel | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Fingerhug, Ben | USA | ATC | ||
| Fingerman, Sol | USA | ATC | ||
| Fingeroot, Ben | USA | Detroit | MI | Air Force-Unknown |
| Fink, David | USA | Detroit | MI | No. 69 Squadron |
| Finkil, Aaron | USA | New York | NY | No. 101 Squadron |
| Finkil, Aaron "Red" | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Firestone, Walter | USA | Air Force-Unknown | ||
| # Fisher, William "Willy" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | No. 1 Squadron/103 |
| Fishman, Max | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | 505 Radar |
| # † Fitchett, Leonard | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 103 Squadron |
| Flint, Mitchell "Mike" | USA | Kansas City | MO | No. 35 Flight/101 |
| Floom, Harold | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | Ekron Airfield |
| † Ford, Arthur | USA | ATC | ||
| Frankel, Leon | USA | Minot | ND | No. 101 Squadron |
| £ Freedman, Nathan | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | IAF Command |
| Freeman, Alfred W. "Al" | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Friedman, Shol | USA | Los Angeles | CA | No. 101 Squadron |
| Fuchs[Foster], Murray"Ray" | USA | New York | NY | ATC/TC |
| Fuller, James | USA | Geneva | OH | No. 69 Squadron |
| Garbovitsky, Morley | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | No. 69 Squadron |
| Gardner, Leo | USA | Los Angeles | CA | ATC |
| Garfin, Ansel | CAN | Edmonton | Alb | Air Force-Unknown |
| Germack, Walter | USA | Geneva | OH | No. 69 Squadron |
| Gershalter, Edward | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| # Gerson, William | USA | Los Angeles | CA | ATC |
| † Gibson, Theodore H. Jr. | USA | Miami | FL | No. 35 Flight/TC |
| Glickman, Edward | USA | Training Command | ||
| Goldberg, Chas Raphael | USA | Air Force-Intel Branch | ||
| Goldberg, David | USA | ATC | ||
| Goldstein, Coleman | USA | ATC/101 | ||
| Goldstein, Hy "Chaim" | USA | No. 2 Squadron | ||
| Goldstein, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que | ATC/69 |
| Goldstein, Leon | USA | Miami | FL | Air Force-Unknown |
| Goodelman, Solomon | USA | Urbana | IL | Ground Signals/TC |
| † Goodlin, Chalmers "Slick" | USA | No. 106 Squadron/101 | ||
| Gordon, Charles "Chuch" | USA | Training Command | ||
| Gordon, Max | USA | ATC | ||
| Gordon, Smerell | USA | Detroit | MI | No. 103 Squadron |
| Gottlieb, Seymour | USA | Training Command | ||
| Greene, Harold "Pappy" | USA | ATC/TC | ||
| Griver, David | USA | Air Photog Unit | ||
| Haber, Bernard Dov | USA | Dayton | OH | IAF Command |
| Heckelman, A. Joseph | USA | New York | NY | 505 Radar |
| Heckelman, Tsiporah D. | USA | New York | NY | Air Force-Codes and Ciphers |
| Heller, George | USA | New York | NY | IAF Command |
| † Hines, George Edward | USA | Training Command | ||
| Hodes, Roberta O. | USA | New York | NY | Air Force-Unknown |
| Hohenberg, John | USA | Air Force-Unknown | ||
| # † Holton, Oliver Garfield | USA | Lakewood | OH | IAF Command |
| Ilowite, Arnold | USA | New York | NY | ATC/69 |
| Jacoby, Arieh | USA | Air Photog Unit | ||
| Joffe, Yale | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Air Photog Unit |
| Kahn [Cohen], Max | USA | Cleveland | OH | ATC |
| Kahn, Ira | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| † Kane, James | CAN | Windsor | Ont | Air Force-Sde Dov |
| Kaplan, Henry "Hen" | USA | Madison | WI | Training Command |
| Kaplan, Murray | USA | New York | NY | No. 69 Squadron |
| Kaplansky, Dave | CAN | Montreal | Que | No. 106 Squadron |
| ¥ Kaplansky, Yedidia "Eddy" | CAN | Montreal | Que | No. 1 Squadron/103/106/35 Flight |
| Kastner, Meyer | CAN | Montreal | Que | Ground Signals |
| Kates, Harold | CAN | Toronto | Ont | No. 101 Squadron |
| Katz, Samuel | USA | Mishawaka | IN | No. 103 Squadron |
| Katz, William "Bill" | USA | ATC/69 | ||
| Katzin, Sol | USA | No. 1 Squadron | ||
| Kaufman, Maurice | USA | ATC | ||
| Kettner, Frank | CAN | Calgary | Alb | Air Force-Intel |
| † Kilgour, James | USA | No. 103 Squadron | ||
| † # King, Ernest "Glenn" | USA | Los Angeles | CA | ATC |
| Klausner, Shmuel "Sam" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | ATC |
| Kosteff, Don | USA | ATC | ||
| Kurtz, Raymond "Ray" | USA | New York | NY | ATC/69 |
| Kushner, David "Art" | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Ground Signals |
| Langer, Albert | CAN | Toronto | Ont | Training Command |
| Lappen, Lester | USA | Air Force-Unknown | ||
| Lee, Goodwin | USA | Air Photog Unit | ||
| † Lee, Naron "Smoky" | USA | ATC | ||
| Lenart, Lou | USA | Los Angeles | CA | ATC/101 |
| Lerner, Seymour | USA | ATC | ||
| Levine, Leonard | USA | ATC | ||
| Levitan, Elkan | CAN | Montreal | Que | No. 101 Squadron |
| # Levy, Alvin | USA | Long Beach | NY | IAF Command |
| Lewis, Samuel | USA | Los Angeles | CA | ATC |
| Lichter, George | USA | New York | NY | No. 101 Squadron/TC |
| Lichtman, Gideon "Giddy" | USA | Newark | NJ | No. 101 Squadron |
| Lichtman, Leo | USA | ATC | ||
| Lichtman, William "Bill" | USA | New York | NY | No. 69 Squadron |
| Lipschitz [Lipton], Edward | CAN | Toronto | Ont | Air Force-Unknown |
| Livingston, Harold | USA | Haverhill | MA | ATC |
| Losak, Stanley | USA | Ground Signals | ||
| Luery, Bob | USA | ATC | ||
| † Lutrell, Robert | USA | ATC | ||
| Macarov, David | USA | Savannah | GA | IAF Command |
| Majzels, Leo | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| † Malpine, William "Bill" | USA | Providence | RI | ATC |
| Manolson, Will | CAN | Calgary | Alb | Air Force-Unknown |
| Marmelstein, Phil | USA | Philadelphia | PA | ATC/35/69/TC |
| † Maseng, Trygvie Johannes | USA | ATC/69/103 | ||
| † McConville, John | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| † McElroy, John F. | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 101 Squadron |
| † McGee, Chris | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Merovihtz [Mervin], Harry | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | No. 69 Squadron |
| Miller, Daniel | USA | Air Force-Operations Wing | ||
| Miller, Leo "Dusty" | USA | ATC | ||
| Moonitz, Norman | USA | New York | NY | ATC/69 |
| † Moore, Livingston | USA | ATC/103 | ||
| Morris, Samuel | CAN | Vancouver | BC | 505 Radar |
| # Moster, Ralph | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 2 Squadron |
| Nachman, Harvey | USA | New York | NY | ATC/69 |
| £ Naturman, Meyer | CAN | Montreal | Que | 505 Radar |
| † Nelson, Edward | CAN | Windsor | Ont | No. 1 Squadron |
| † Nemer, Roscoe "Rocky" | USA | Training Command/69 | ||
| Newman, Rudolph J. | USA | Detroit | MI | ATC |
| † Nomis, Leo | USA | Santa Monica | CA | No. 101 Squadron |
| † Nott, Charles "Red" | USA | ATC/101 | ||
| Novick, William "Bill" | CAN | Montreal | Que | ATC |
| £ ¥ O'Copnick, Ben | CAN | Toronto | Ont | |
| Olfman, Jacob "Jack" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | Ground Signals |
| Orloff, Harold | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 103 Squadron |
| Orringer, Paul | USA | New York | NY | No. 103 Squadron |
| Ostrovsky [Osten], Sid | CAN | Edmonton | Alb | Air Force-Intel, Sdeh Dov |
| Paiss, Harold "Hal" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Air Force-Unknown |
| Panar, David | CAN | Edmonton | Alb | ATC |
| Paris, Marvin | USA | Air Photog Unit | ||
| Paskman, Martin | USA | ATC | ||
| † Peake, Wayne | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| † Pears, James | CAN | Hamilton | Ont | Training Command |
| † Pendelton, Eugene | USA | Training Command | ||
| Perlstein [Perry], Victor | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Training Command |
| Polansky, Elliot | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Poll, Maurice | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| # Pomerantz, Sam | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Pomerantz, William "Bill" | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Pozkanzer, Dov | USA | New York | NY | No. 103 Squadron |
| Raab, Lawrence "Larry" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | ATC |
| Rabinowitz, Baruch | USA | Chicago | IL | Ground Signals |
| Raisin, Albert "Al" | USA | Pt.Washington | NY | ATC/69 |
| Ravich, Abraham | USA | Training Command/103 | ||
| Reiter, Walter | CAN | Toronto | Ont | No. 101 Squadron |
| Renov, Jeremy "Jerry" | USA | Shreveport | LA | No. 1 Squadron |
| Ribakoff, Martin | USA | East St. Louis | IL | ATC |
| † Roberts, Donald "Don" | USA | Burbank | CA | ATC |
| Rosen, Joseph | USA | Ground Signals | ||
| Rosenbaum, Aaron | USA | Air Force-Unknown | ||
| # Rosenbaum, Moses Aaron | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Roser, John | USA | Air Force-Unknown | ||
| Rosofsky, Ralph | USA | New York | NY | No. 35 Flight |
| Rothstein, Harold | USA | ATC | ||
| † Rowland, Gerald | USA | ATC | ||
| Rubenfeld, Milton (Cy) | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Ruvinsky, Aaron "Art" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | Ground Signals/106 |
| Sackin, Milton | USA | New York | NY | 505 Radar |
| Samson, Norman | USA | Baltimore | MD | IAF Command |
| Schild, Philip | USA | Los Angeles | CA | ATC |
| Schindler, Irwin "Swifty" | USA | FL | ATC | |
| Schlaff, Allan | USA | Air Force-Unknown | ||
| † Schroeder, Wm "Sure Shot" | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Schwartz, Harry | USA | ATC/69 | ||
| Schwartz, Irwin "Steve" | USA | New York | NY | ATC |
| Schwarzbach, Marshall | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| Schwimmer, "Al" | USA | Air Force-Unknown | ||
| Shatan, Milton | USA | ATC | ||
| Shimshoni, Daniel | USA | Ft. Worth | TX | IAF Command |
| Siegel, Joseph | CAN | Glace Bay | NS | ATC/106 |
| Silverman, Leon "Lee" | USA | Los Angeles | CA | IAF Command |
| † Sinclair, Geo Leslie "Lee" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | No. 101 Squadron |
| † Siske, Robert Lester | USA | ATC/TC | ||
| Sklar, Benjamin | USA | ATC/106 | ||
| Smith, Jack | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | ATC/106 |
| Solsberg, Albert | CAN | Toronto | Ont | ATC/101 |
| Soltan, Irving | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| † Soltau, John | USA | Cleveland | OH | No. 1 Squadron/35 Flight/TC |
| Solter, Yehuda | USA | Detroit | MI | Ekron Airfield |
| Sosnow, William | USA | ATC | ||
| Spicehandler, Daniel | USA | New York | NY | No. 69 Squadron |
| † Spink, Thomas | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 103 Squadron |
| Steinberg, Otto | CAN | Montreal | Que | No. 69 Squadron |
| Stern, Theodore "Ted" | USA | ATC/106 | ||
| # † Stevenson, Fred | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 103 Squadron |
| Sturrey, Ben "Red" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | ATC/106 |
| † ¥ Styrak, Edward R. | USA | ATC | ||
| † Sutton, Bernard "Terry" | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 35 Flight |
| Swing, Julian | USA | Los Angeles | CA | ATC |
| Tolchinsky, Percy "Pussy" | USA | New York | NY | No. 1 Squadron/106/ATC |
| Trop, Albert | USA | ATC | ||
| Troube, Avraham "Al" | CAN | Toronto | Ont | ATC |
| Vickman, Robert Lester | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| † Wadman, Charles "Bill" | CAN | Calgary | Alb | No. 69 Squadron |
| † Waterhouse, Francis | USA | ATC/35 Flight | ||
| † Weddel, Robert Clarence | USA | ATC | ||
| Weinblatt, Fred | USA | ATC | ||
| Weinstein, Jerome"Jerry" | USA | No. 69 Squadron | ||
| Weisberg, Murray | USA | New York | NY | Air Force-Unknown |
| Weissman, Alfred I. | USA | Akron | OH | No. 101 Squadron |
| Wildevsky, Moshe | USA | Ground Signals | ||
| † Wilson, Clifford "Denny" | CAN | Hamilton | Ont | No. 101 Squadron |
| † Winters, Charles | USA | Miami | FL | Ekron Airfield |
| Wise, Julius | USA | ATC | ||
| Wolfe, Albert | USA | No. 101 Squadron | ||
| Woolf, William | USA | New Brunswick | NJ | Training Command |
| † Wygle, Brien | CAN | Vancouver | BC | No. 106 Squadron/103 |
| Yadven, Arthur "Art" | USA | ATC | ||
| Yankner, Morris | USA | ATC/69 | ||
| Yurman, Shlomo | CAN | Winnipeg | Man | ATC |
| Ziev [Sivkin], Nachum | CAN | Montreal | Que | Air Force-NY Recruiting Office |
| Zychick, Eugene | USA | Cleveland | OH | No. 69 Squadron/TC |

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