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Kashtan, Menachem

Kashtan, Menachem


Menachem, son of Tzipora and Haim, was born on August 6, 1949 in Tel Aviv and studied at the Giv’at Elementary School in Ramat Gan. Graduated from the Military Academy and the “Reali” School in Haifa. He was a very talented student, read a lot, played chess, was friendly and loved his friends. At an early age, he began to study and play the piano, for he was an avid music lover. He was a sports fan and a member of the boarding school football team. He also excelled in running. He was a quiet, serious young man with a thorough analytical ability in research and study. He was firm in expressing his opinions, in discussions and arguments, and he used to express his opinions not only on security issues but on every subject in the world. After graduating from elementary school, his family moved to Moshav Amirim in Merom Hagalil. Menahem began studying at the military boarding school in Haifa. He excelled in mathematics and continued with his hobbies: sports, books, chess, and pirate on piano. His consideration of his family stood out throughout his short life. On every holiday, short as long, and as tired as he was, he always gave a helping hand in the work of the yard. Despite his young age, his family consulted him at all times and listened to his wise judgment. “You were the mainstay of our family,” from his mother’s obituary on the day of his burial. Menachem was drafted into the IDF in early August 1967 and volunteered for a pilot course and was a fighter pilot in the Israel Air Force, participated in air battles and various battles in the War of Attrition, was a trainer at the flight school, excelled in his training, He was a fighter pilot in the Mirage Squadron and was a fighter pilot in the Mirage Squadron, not only as a pilot, but as a crewman, a friend, and a crouch, always thoughtful and willing to help. Captain, was handsome, cheerful and humorous, loved by his friends and all the squadron, from the commander to the mechanics. In his inner silence, each person met with a smile on his lips, while he married his beloved girlfriend Raya, and together they built their home at the base, where their eldest son, Nadav, was born, Menachem was very proud of his son and Simcha with his family. During the Yom Kippur War, Menahem Tice was a Mirage who participated in twenty-five combat sorties from the early hours of the war, participated in varied and difficult missions, and in the air battles he dropped several MiGs of the Egyptians Above Sinai. Menahem was killed when his plane was struck north of the Great Bitter Lake on October 16, 1973, when he helped the ground forces, who had crossed the Suez Canal at the time, were considered missing as a result of his body being found in the military cemetery. A brother, two sisters, and a four-year-old brother. “In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan wrote:” Menahem was a good pilot, an officer who was capable and loved by everyone. ” : “Menahem was a special and prominent figure in the group of fighters to which he belonged, stood out in his humility, his peace of mind, and his pleasant ways. He had excellent and thorough analysis in his studies. We wanted to see among the commanders in the air force. “His parents and members of the Amirim moshav set up a monument in a corner of the moshav, which overlooks a magical landscape, the Sea of ​​Galilee and the Golan Heights, and a Mirage plane with fragments of Mirage planes that crashed in the battles. The Voice of War Invalids, in the booklet “Egged” and “Tlimim”, the journal of the Moshav Movement.

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