Son of Jacob and Sarah. Born on 15.8.1945 in Kibbutz Sarid, where he spent his childhood, adolescence, and youth, where he attended elementary school and graduated from high school, he was a quiet child, with a constant smile on his face, When he was 10 years old, he wrote a poem composed by Yohanan Zarai and even played on the radio, and for three consecutive years he used to write down his thoughts in a personal diary. : “Tomorrow I am thirteen years old, I’m done.” In grades 10-11, Avshalom taught at the Hashomer Hatzair branch in Migdal Ha’Emek. He was a responsible and successful guide, and his apprentices loved him. Avsha was a member of the Erez group and took part in all her actions. Uzi recalls: “He was accepted in society and very loved and clever, he says his words in their own language and does not exaggerate, and as early as childhood he had a bit of restraint. Oded adds: “The most outstanding feature of Avshalom’s life is the fact that although he was never pushed and did not try to stand out as if he had no ambition, he was always the first.” Another aspect of Avsha’s character, Meira Daniella: “He would always set the scales down for calm and balance.” On an episode during the course of studies at the educational institution in Sarid, Avital: “I remember that we used to drive tractors for many nights, and Avshalom was always involved in these operations … One night we took a tractor and we taught Ran to drive, Avshalom on one side of the brakes, “He said. And another trio, this time Oded, Nachum and Abasha, said that the one who asks questions all the time and does not know what to do is encouraged – there are those who do not ask questions and do not know what to do. Asking questions and always knowing what to do – it’s Avshalom! ” Even before the induction, he was not a partner to his friends’ dilemmas and asked no questions. He simply said, “I am enlisting in the air force.” Avshalom was drafted into the IDF at the end of August 1963 and volunteered, of course, for the Israel Air Force, and he began his career as a combat pilot on Organ, moved to the Myster squadron and from there to Vador. He married his mother Ora, and about a month after his marriage, he completed his flight instructor course with honors, and in the Six Day War he fought as a pilot in the Votor aircraft, And in September 1969 he even dropped a MiG 21. Abasha was sent to an experimental pilots’ course in England, and graduated with honors and became an experimental pilot in the Israel Air Force. In the Yom Kippur War he took part in the battles to stop the Syrian and Egyptian invaders, and at the end of the war he was wearing the war signal: a senior pilot pilot, the commander of the Flight Experimentation Center, and the commander of the squadron. “A professional of the first order as a pilot, a patient, diligent and responsible commander who receives very high assessments of his subordinates in his first steps.” “A comfortable, decent and pleasant type of work” Flight level and very good transport. ” “A fighter, a pilot and a pilot with wide horizons.” “The leading pilot and pilot we have;” “Best pilot pilot”. On the 29th of Tevet 5728 (29.12.1977), Lieutenant Colonel Avshalom fell in the line of duty. He was laid to rest in the turtle sectionAt the cemetery at Kibbutz Sarid. Survived by a wife – Ora, son of Yariv and two daughters – Michal and Naama, who was seven months old at the fall of her father, parents and brother. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Avsha was a pilot in the blood, despite the many occupations that were imposed on the squadron commander, and he saw the main points of his mission. As a commander, he always found the time to worry about the problems of his subordinates, to try to solve himself, and not to stop pressing until the appropriate solution was found … for me personally. “A certificate of appreciation and respect for his memory, which tells of his path and activities, was sent to his home by the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Motta Gur. His family issued a memorial booklet called “Avsha” in his memory.
