Lavon, Mordechai

Was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1948. He immigrated to Israel in 1948. He studied in elementary school in Hungary, first in a religious elementary school in Budapest and later in the home He was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement and was very active in his branch, and when he immigrated to Israel during the Youth Aliya, he lived for a certain period of time in the kibbutz. Mordechai was drafted into the IDF in May 1950 and assigned to the Artillery Corps. After basic training he completed a course in mortar commanders and graduated with honors. In 1952, Mordechai married Miriam and he decided to volunteer for the career army, and he served in the IDF until 1957 and after that, He was also called every year for active reserve duty and took part in the great battles of the air force. During the Six-Day War he took part in the bombing of the Egyptian airfields on the first day of the war and fell into Egyptian captivity when his plane was shot down off the coast of Gaza. Ten days later he was returned to Israel, with the intervention of the Red Cross. At the end of his career, Mordecai was hired as a pilot at Chemawire, where he worked for about three years. Afterward, he moved to Arkia, where he worked for many years, bought many friends among the company’s employees, was elected to the staff of the Israel Air Force and worked extensively in this position. In time he had three children. He was a devoted and loving father and devoted all his free time to the children and the family, as his wife attests. Mordechai liked to work in his garden. He was interested in public activities and was an active member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, where he enjoyed sports and was especially interested in skiing. During the course of his service in the Israel Defense Forces, he was promoted to various positions, and was later awarded the rank of Captain, and on May 25, 1976, Mordecai fell to the military cemetery In Kiryat Shaul, left behind a wife, two sons, a daughter, a mother and three sisters, in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family. “Mordechai came to us, with years of service in the squadron and the air force. He was well integrated into the framework in which he served, contributed his time and energy, invested great efforts in promoting his students and received great sympathy among the apprentices and instructors. “His family commemorated him in the monument of the Magen School in Maoz Aviv and donated to a study room for his books .