Blair, Moshe

Moshe, son of Bracha and David, was born on July 31, 1947 in Italy and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1948. Moshe was drafted into the IDF in mid-August 1965 and volunteered for the air force. He passed the pilot’s test and had the chance to take a solo flight at Piper. He was forced to leave the Air Force. After swallowing the bitter pill, his childhood ambitions were stopped, he decided to join the Armored Corps. During his service in the Armored Corps he underwent a series of courses until he was certified as an Armored Corps officer and participated in the Six-Day War. In mid-February 1968, he completed his compulsory service and set out for civilian life. “Moishik,” says Pnina, his wife, “was a big stubborn and iron-willed man, and when he decided to study mechanical engineering at the Technion in Haifa, he did it, as usual, on the better side.” At the same time he raised and supported his family, which expanded upon the birth of his children, Dana, and Ran, one by one. In his final year of studies, after obtaining high grades, he was accepted to work at an energy laboratory at the Technion. “He did not know how relevant his research was,” says his wife. After completing his studies, he was hired at a fertilizer plant in Haifa Bay and worked there until the Yom Kippur War. His colleagues testify about his personality: “If he was stubborn and aggressive, he also had infinite tenderness and kindness, and never refused to help a needy friend.” In the Yom Kippur War, he served as a tank commander in the Golan Heights on October 13, 1973. He was hit by a mortar shell and fell, and Moshe was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Haifa.