Son of Reuven and Sarah. He was born on March 19, 1939 in Kibbutz Tel Yosef in the Jezreel Valley. After a while, the family moved to Kibbutz Beit Hashita. Samuel adapted to the new company and advanced with his class. He excelled in the real professions, continued in the social sciences, and was active in sports and chess. From an early age Shmuel looked up at Tys. When he was 12 years old, he joined the Gadna-Air Brigade in Tel-Yosef, and even went to Tel-Yosef for meetings of the department until he was able to establish the Gadna-Air unit in his new kibbutz. At the age of 14, he noted in his diary that he wanted to be a pilot and that he intended to fly before he entered the army. It was not long before Shmuel finished the first stage of the Gadna Air-Flight course and at the age of 16 he successfully passed the second stage tests and was given the opportunity to drive the plane. The course was carried out with great effort, and during the course he was transferred, unfortunately, to the course of the course, successfully completed and presented himself to the wings in the spring of 1960. Upon the absorption of the Vautor planes, Shmuel was sent to France for further training. In 1962, Shmuel rose to the rank of lieutenant, and in 1963 he was promoted to the rank of captain, and in that year he married Shula and built his home. In late 1964, with the establishment of the Flying School in Tanganyika, in Africa, Shmuel was sent there for guidance and teaching theory, and in July 1964 the team of instructors went to Uganda and conducted a flying course there. At the beginning of 1965, Shula gave birth to their eldest daughter, Galit, in the course of the training of the young men, and he resumed his training in a civilian aviation course in Africa. On March 4, 1966, Shmuel and his family returned to Israel, and during the Six Day War he participated as a navigator in the Vautor aircraft in the harsh and cautious air battles. A few months after the war, Shmuel left the permanent army where he served for 10 years in the air force. He felt that he had exhausted all his ability in the navigation profession and wanted to return to his love, which he had not abandoned. He returned to Africa. With infinite joy, with pride and his characteristic quiet, he wrote to his parents about the long flights over the jungles of Kenya and Uganda and up the mountains, wadis, and tropical thunderstorms to which he found himself; And always in his quietness he drove his plane – daringly, carefully and with great pleasure. After his son Sagi was born, the family joined him. Despite the beauty of the days of Africa, he strove to return to the Land of Israel and establish itself there. Upon his return to Israel, the family settled in Herzliya. He worked for a seagull company-by flying passengers, by police patrols, by lowering clouds and by piloting new pilots. His third daughter, Dana, came into the world, and the warmth of his love, which Galit and Sagi sensed, also caresses her. At the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, Shmuel was called to serve as a pilot in the air force. In his fuselage on the battlefield, between missiles and bundles, he felt that he had fulfilled his life’s tasks. On the 7th of Adar 5737 (8.3.1977) Shmuel went to reserve duty at the Air Force base in El Arish. In his last position, as an air force artillery officer, he fell while carrying out his duties. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Left behind a wife and three children, parents, a sister and many friends – painful and bereaved.
