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Ash, Shimon

Ash, Shimon


Shimon, son of Gutia, and Yosef, the newspaper’s public was known as Captain Shimon Ash. His friends and acquaintances called him his short family name – fire. Ash was born in Shanghai on 5 May 1930. At the age of six, his family moved to northern China where Shimon studied at an American school. As a student he was active in the local “Maccabi” association, which, in addition to sports activities, served as a focal point for Jewish youth and provided basic concepts in Zionism. Fire sign in English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. He served as an interpreter for the Russian occupation army, which took control of the area at the end of World War II. When his father died in 1950, he was, in fact, the head of the family. In preparation for the transfer of the area to Communist China, the white residents, including the Jews, were allowed to enter the country of their choice. It was natural that fire would choose Israel for its homeland. Esh joined the IDF in early April 1951. He volunteered for a pilot training course and became a fighter pilot in the Israel Air Force. His commanders, subordinates, and comrades-in-arms praised him as an excellent pilot and as an excellent squadron commander, with initiative and iron character. He took seriously any role he took upon himself, or was imposed on him. For twelve years as a career soldier and later as a reserve pilot, he flew fighter planes during battles and during wars, educated, trained and trained generations of fighter pilots in the air force. Upon his discharge from the army, he was a pilot fire, captain and instructor at El Al. In this new framework, he stood out as a member of the El Al Security Committee. His many initiatives and efforts were aimed at securing the company’s planes against hijackings and sabotage. He was one of the founders and founders of the company’s security system, considered one of the most efficient and sophisticated airlines in the world. In 1971, he was elected as chairman of the Israel Pilots Association, and during his two years of public activity he was not tired, and as he did in previous positions, he also fought, fought, demanded and convinced the pilots’ associations around the world. In the wake of the Yom Kippur War, Shimon was a pilot on a Skyhawk plane, and his plane was hit by a missile on the first mission that took off on the second day of the war He was injured on enemy territory on the 7th of Tishrei 5734 (October 7, 1973) and was absent, where he was buried. Lash in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem left a wife and four children, and the space is a macaroni – a space whose burial place is unknown.

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