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Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel's War of Independence
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 | Duties |
|---|
| Bettencourt, Manuel | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| # Boyd, Spencer Andrew | USA | St. Louis | MO | Pilot |
| Burstein, Sam | USA | | | Pilot |
| Cohen, Leonard "Len" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Diamond, Paul | USA | | | Bombardier |
| § Dougherty, Richard E. | USA | Cleveland | OH | Pilot |
| § Fisher, William "Willy" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Navigator |
| § Kaplansky, Yedidia "Eddy" | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Pilot |
| Katzin, Sol | USA | | | Pilot |
| Nelson, Edward | CAN | Windsor | Ont. | Air Gunner |
| Renov, Jeremy "Jerry" | USA | Shreveport | LA | Pilot |
| § Soltau, John | USA | Cleveland | OH | Pilot |
| § Tolchinsky, Percy "Pussy" | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Goldstein, Hy "Chaim" | USA | | | Pilot, Commander |
| § Moster, Ralph | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Pilot, Commander |
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Albrecht, Donald | USA | Flint | MI | |
| Aronson, Irving | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| Baltman, William "Bill" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Flt Engineer |
| § Blum, Kenneth | USA | New York | NY | Electronics |
| § Brodigan, Charles | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Pilot |
| § Camerman, Sam | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Air Gunner |
| Caplan, Len | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| Dinkin, Harry | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Radio Op |
| Duboff, Harold | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Feldman, Sam | USA | | | Pilot |
| Fink, David | USA | Detroit | MI | Air Gunner |
| Fuller, James (civilian?) | USA | Geneva | OH | Mechanic |
| Garbovitsky, Morley | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Navigator |
| Germack, Walter | USA | Geneva | OH | Mechanic |
| Gershalter, Edward | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| Kahn, Ira | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| Kaplan, Murray | USA | New York | NY | Mechanic |
| Lichtman, William "Bill" | USA | New York | NY | Flt Engineer |
| Majzels, Leo | USA | | | Flt Engineer |
| McConville, John | USA | | | Pilot |
| Merovihtz [Mervin], Harry | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Gunner |
| Poll, Maurice | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| Schwarzbach, Marshall | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| Soltan, Irving | USA | | | Air Gunner |
| Spicehandler, Daniel | USA | New York | NY | Air Gunner |
| Steinberg, Otto | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Air Gunner |
| Wadman, Charles "Bill" | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | Air Gunner |
| Weinstein, Jerome "Jerry" | USA | | | Navigator |
| § Yankner, Morris | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Zychick, Eugene | USA | Cleveland | OH | Mechanic |
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| # Andrews, Stanley | USA | | | Pilot |
| Antin, Sydney | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Augarten, Rudolph "Rudy" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Pilot |
| Dangott, Caesar Morton | USA | | | Pilot |
| Doyle, John "Jack" | CAN | London | Ont. | Pilot/Instructor |
| Etchells, David | CAN | Hamilton | Ont. | Pilot |
| Feldman, Seymour "Sy" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Finkil, Aaron "Red" | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Frankel, Leon | USA | Minot | ND | Pilot |
| Freeman, Alfred W. "Al" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Friedman, Shol | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Pilot |
| Kates [Katz], Harold | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Airframe Mech |
| Levitan, Elkan | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Engine Mech |
| § Lichter, George | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Lichtman, Gideon "Giddy" | USA | Newark | NJ | Pilot |
| McElroy, John F. | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Pilot |
| McGee, Chris | USA | | | Pilot |
| Nomis, Leo | USA | Santa Monica | CA | Pilot |
| Peake, Wayne | USA | | | Pilot |
| Pomerantz, William "Bill" | USA | | | Pilot |
| £ Reiter, Walter | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Intel Officer |
| Rubenfeld, Milton (Cy) | USA | | | Pilot |
| Schroeder, Wm "Sure Shot" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Sinclair, Geo Leslie "Lee" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Pilot |
| # Vickman, Robert Lester | USA | | | Pilot |
| Wilson, C. Denzel "Denny" | CAN | Hamilton | Ont. | Pilot |
| Wolfe, Albert | USA | | | Pilot |
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Blackwood, James Edwin | USA | | | Pilot |
| Boshes, Samuel | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| # Canter, Wilfred "Wilf" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | PIlot |
| Cravitt, Daniel | USA | Miami | FL | Pilot |
| Crudgington, Charles | USA | Detroit | MI | Pilot |
| £ Danovitch, Abe | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Bomb Chucker |
| § Drutz, David | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Radio Op |
| Fitchett, Leonard | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Pilot |
| Gordon, Smerell | USA | Detroit | MI | Radio Op |
| Katz, Samuel | USA | Mishawaka | IN | Pilot |
| Kilgour, James | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Orloff, Harold | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Pilot |
| Orringer, Paul | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Pozkanzer, Dov | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op |
| Spink, Thomas | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Pilot |
| # Stevenson, Fred | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Pilot |
| § Wygle, Brien | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Pilot |
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Edelstein, Stephen | CAN | Pembroke | Ont. | Navigator |
| § Goodlin, Chalmers "Slick" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Kaplansky, Dave | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Bomb Chucker |
| § Wygle, Brien | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Pilot |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| § Baker, George Lynn | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Black, Chester | USA | | | Pilot |
| Feldstein, Howard Irving | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Flint, Mitchell "Mike" | USA | Kansas City | MO | Pilot |
| § Gibson, Theodore H. Jr. | USA | Miami | FL | Pilot |
| Rosofsky, Ralph | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Sutton, Bernard "Terry" | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Pilot |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Ettenberg, Morris (Moshe) | USA | New York | NY | Commanding Officer |
| Fishman, Max | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Radar Tech/Maintenance |
| Heckelman, A. Joseph | USA | New York | NY | Radar Tech |
| Morris, Samuel | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Radar Op |
| £ Naturman, Meyer | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Radar Tech |
| Sackin, Milton | USA | New York | NY | Radar Tech |
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Aberle, Calvin Ross | USA | | | Air Photographer |
| Griver, David | USA | | | Air Photographer |
| Jacoby, Arieh | USA | | | Air Photographer |
| Joffe, Yale | CAN | Vancouver | BC | Air Photographer |
| Lee, Goodwin | USA | | | Air Photographer |
| Paris, Marvin | USA | | | Air Photographer |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| § Applebaum, Ted | USA | Washington | DC | Pilot |
| Auerbach, Harold "Hal" | USA | Oakland | CA | Pilot |
| Bass, Jack | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Bean, James | USA | | | Pilot |
| Beckwith [Beck], Morris | CAN | Ottawa | Ont. | Navigator |
| § Bethlahmy, Nogah | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Navigator |
| # Beurling, Geo F. "Buzz" | CAN | Verdun | Que. | Pilot |
| Bornstein, Herbert | USA | New York | NY | Flt Engineer |
| § Bradshaw, William "Blacky" | CAN | Dundas | Ont. | Pilot |
| Bream, Burt | USA | | | Navigator |
| Campos, Paul | USA | | | Pilot |
| Chaber, Victor | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op |
| Chinsky, Eddie | CAN | Windsor | Ont. | Radio Op |
| Cohen, Eli | USA | Norma | NJ | Navigator |
| Cohen, Seymour "Sy" | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op |
| Craven, Lawrence | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Cuburnek, Julius | USA | Chicago | IL | Navigator |
| § Cunningham, Allan | USA | New York | | Pilot |
| Davis, Hershel | USA | | | Pilot |
| Dawn, Robert | USA | San Diego | CA | Flt Eng/mech |
| Dichek, Leonard | USA | San Diego | CA | Navigator |
| Dobrowitz, Al | USA | | | Navigator |
| Dunsky, Paul | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Eichel, Sheldon | USA | | | Pilot |
| Evans, Robert | USA | | | |
| Feldman, Leopold | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Fine, Robert Daniel | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Fingerhut, Ben | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Fingerman, Sol | USA | | | Radio Op |
| § Ford, Arthur | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Fuchs [Foster], Murray "Ray" | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Gardner, Leo | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Pilot |
| # Gerson, William | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Pilot |
| Goldberg, David | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Goldstein, Coleman | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Goldstein, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Radio Op |
| Gordon, Max | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Greene, Harold "Pappy" | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Ilowite, Arnold | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Kahn [Cohen], Max | USA | Cleveland | OH | Flt Engineer |
| § Katz, William "Bill" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Kaufman, Maurice | USA | | | Pilot |
| # King, Ernest "Glenn" | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Flt Engineer |
| Klausner, Shmuel "Sam" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Navigator |
| Kosteff, Don | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Kurtz, Raymond "Ray" | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| Lee, Naron "Smoky" | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Lenart, Lou | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Pilot |
| Lerner, Seymour | USA | | | Navigator |
| Levine, Leonard | USA | | | Navigator |
| Lewis, Samuel | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Pilot |
| Lichtman, Leo | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Livingston, Harold | USA | Haverhill | MA | Radio Op |
| Luery, Bob | USA | | | Pilot |
| Lutrell, Robert | USA | | | Navigator |
| Malpine, William "Bill" | USA | Providence | RI | Pilot |
| § Marmelstein, Phil | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Pilot |
| § Maseng, Trygvie Johannes | USA | | | Pilot |
| Miller, Leo "Dusty" | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Moonitz, Norman | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| § Moore, Livingston | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Nachman, Harvey | USA | New York | NY | Navigator |
| Newman, Rudolph J. | USA | Detroit | MI | Radio Op |
| § Nott, Charles "Red" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Novick, William "Bill" | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Pilot |
| Panar, David | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | Mechanic |
| Paskman, Martin | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Polansky, Elliot | USA | New York | NY | Pilot |
| # Pomerantz, Sam | USA | | | Pilot |
| Raab, Lawrence "Larry" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Pilot |
| § Raisin, Albert "Al" | USA | Pt. Washington | NY | Pilot |
| Ribakoff, Martin | USA | East St. Louis | IL | Pilot |
| Roberts, Donald "Don" | USA | Burbank | CA | Flt Engineer |
| # Rosenbaum, Moses Aaron | USA | Brooklyn | NY | Navigator |
| Rothstein, Harold | USA | | | Pilot |
| Rowland, Gerald | USA | | | Navigator |
| Schild, Philip | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Pilot |
| Schindler, Irwin "Swifty" | USA | | FL | Pilot |
| § Schwartz, Harry | USA | | | Pilot |
| Schwartz, Irwin "Steve" | USA | New York | NY | Navigator |
| Shatan, Milton | USA | | | Flt Engineer |
| § Siegel, Joseph | CAN | Glace Bay | N.S. | Radio Op |
| § Siske, Robert Lester | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Sklar, Benjamin | USA | | | Flt Engineer |
| § Smith, Jack | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Radio Op |
| § Solsberg, Albert | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Radio mech |
| Sosnow, William | USA | | | Flt Eng/mech |
| § Stern, Theodore "Ted" | USA | | | Radio Op |
| § Sturrey, Ben "Red" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Navigator |
| Styrak, Edward R. | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Swing, Julian | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Pilot |
| Trop, Albert | USA | | | Pilot |
| Troube, Avraham "Al" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Radio Op |
| § Waterhouse, Francis | USA | | | Pilot |
| Weddel, Robert Clarence | USA | | | Flt Engineer |
| Weinblatt, Fred | USA | | | Pilot |
| Wise, Julius | USA | | | Navigator |
| Yadven, Arthur "Art" | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Yankner, Morris | USA | | | Pilot |
| § Yurman, Shlomo | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Instrmnt mech |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Bethlahmy, Rhoda | USA | New York | NY | Israeli Air Academy office |
| Calisi, Paul | USA | | | Pilot |
| Cowan, Selwyn | USA | Clifton | NJ | |
| Glickman, Edward | USA | | | |
| Gordon, Charles "Chuck" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Gottlieb, Seymour | USA | | | |
| Hines, George Edward | USA | | | Pilot |
| Kaplan, Henry "Hank" | USA | Madison | WI | Pilot |
| Langer, Albert | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Radio Op |
| § Nemer, Roscoe "Rocky" | USA | | | Pilot |
| Pears, James | CAN | Hamilton | Ont. | Pilot |
| Pendelton, Eugene | USA | | | Pilot |
| Perlstein [Perry], Victor | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Navigator/Instructor |
| § Ravich, Abraham | USA | | | Radio Op |
| Woolf, William | USA | New Brunswick | NJ | Mechanic |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Chartok, Solomon | USA | | | |
| § Goodelman, Solomon | USA | Urbana | IL | Radar/Electronics |
| Kastner, Meyer | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Ground Radio Op (Ekron) |
| Kushner, David "Art" | CAN | Vancouver | B.C. | Ground Radio Op (Ekron) |
| Losak, Stanley | USA | | | |
| Olfman, Jacob "Jack" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Ground Radio Op (Ekron) |
| Rabinowitz, Baruch | USA | Chicago | IL | |
| Rosen, Joseph | USA | | | |
| § Ruvinsky, Aaron "Art" | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Ground Radio Op (Ekron) |
| Wildevsky, Moshe | USA | | | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Agriss, Leon | USA | | | Air Inspector's Office |
| Binder, Howard | USA | Philadelphia | PA | IAF Bomb Squad |
| Brettler, Lou | USA | | | Supply Officer |
| Commanday, Maurice | USA | New York | NY | |
| Commanday, Ruth | USA | New York | NY | Nurse |
| £ § Freedman, Nathan | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Aircraft Electrician |
| Haber, Bernard Dov | USA | Dayton | OH | Vice Commander |
| Heller, George | USA | New York | NY | Instructor |
| # Holton, Oliver Garfield | USA | | | Pilot |
| # Levy, Alvin | USA | Long Beach | NY | Mechanic |
| Macarov, David | USA | Savannah | GA | Signal Security-Intel |
| Samson, Norman | USA | Baltimore | MD | Controller |
| Shimshoni, Daniel | USA | Ft. Worth | TX | O/C Aide |
| Silverman, Leon "Lee" | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Intel Officer |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Back, Samuel | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Aircraft Mechanic |
| Blum, Eugene | USA | New York | NY | Meteorologist |
| Caplan, Alexander | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Aircraft Modification/Repair |
| Cohen, Aaron | CAN | Kamsack | Sas. | Flight Engineer |
| Cohen, Barnet | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Aircraft Engineer |
| Dahms, Evelyn | USA | San Diego | CA | Office Secretary |
| Dahms, Fred | USA | San Diego | CA | Aircraft Mechanic |
| Floom, Harold | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Flight Engineer |
| Solter, Yehuda | USA | Detroit | MI | Aircraft Mechanic |
| Winters, Charles | USA | Miami | FL | Pilot |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties |
|---|
| Alper, Max | USA | Syracuse | NY | Aircraft Maintenance |
| Anger, Stanley | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | |
| Berman, Leopold Philip | USA | | | Intelligence Branch |
| Bleviss, David | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Psychologist |
| £ Borowsky [Porath], Zipporah | USA | New York | NY | Medic and Intel |
| Cohen, Nat | USA | | | Chief of Intelligence |
| Covent, Perry | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Navigator |
| Fingeroot, Ben | USA | Detroit | MI | Aircraft Mechanic |
| Firestone, Walter | USA | | | Maintenance/Engineering |
| Freeman, Lionel | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Administration |
| Goldberg, Chas Raphael | USA | | | Intelligence Branch |
| Goldstein, Leon | USA | Miami | FL | Cleaning of parts |
| Gordon, Machen | CAN | Preston | Ont. | Intelligence Branch |
| £ Harris, Eliahu | USA | Boston | MA | Ops room officer |
| Heckelman, Tsiporah D. | USA | New York | NY | Code/Cipher Clerk |
| Hodes, Roberta O. | USA | New York | NY | Radar Op |
| Hohenberg, John | USA | | | Ops and Security |
| Jacobs, Sol | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Flight Engineer |
| † Kane, James | CAN | Windsor | Ont. | Air Gunner |
| Kettner, Frank | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | Intel officer |
| Lappen, Lester | USA | | | Aircrew Pool |
| Lipschitz [Lipton], Edward | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Pilot |
| Manolson, Will | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | Pilot |
| Merson, Leonard | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Intelligence Branch |
| Miller, Daniel | USA | | | Ops Wing |
| Newfield, Frank | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Intelligence Branch |
| Ostrovsky [Osten], Sid | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | Intel officer-Sdeh Dov |
| Rosenbaum, Aaron | USA | | | Safety Equipment |
| Roser, John | USA | | | Aircrew Pool |
| £ Ross, Benjamin "Barry" | CAN | Calgary | Alb. | AF Security |
| Schlaff, Allan | USA | | | |
| Shawmut [Lessner], Shaloma | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Link Trainer |
| £ Spiegel, Albert | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Air Base Flying Control |
| Weisberg, Murray | USA | New York | NY | |
| £ Wohl, David | CAN | Edmonton | Alb. | Transport Driver |
| Wright, David Isadore | CAN | Hamilton | Ont. | Flying Control-Sdeh Dov |
| Ziev [Sivkin], Nachum | CAN | Montreal | Que. | New York Recruiting Office |
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*If viewers of this Virtual Museum see errors or omissions that they can correct, such as misspelled names, missing names, or missing hometowns, editors of the Virtual Museum will appreciate being informed. For various reasons, including the great passage of time, it has been difficult to compile complete, accurate lists of veterans. Corrections and additions can be transmitted to
israelvets-director@jou.ufl.edu
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