Shadmi, Ohad

Son of Menachem and Hannah. He was born on Yom Kippur (October 7, 1935) in Afula, and was one of the first sons of Kibbutz Ma’abarot, where he grew up and studied at the kibbutz educational institution and completed 12 classes, and was a member of Hashomer Hatzair. Ohad drew his friends to the north in the first “Messerschmids” of 1948, which were beyond the green-covered hill, and he himself was drawn to airplanes, joined Gadna-Air and even Solo flight in Herzliya. This is very Simcha and proud. Ohad joined the IDF in July 1953 and volunteered, of course, to serve in the air force, and after completing his regular service he was required by the security institutions and the Kibbutz Movement to extend his service. Ohad was one of the first pilots of the Israel Air Force, who went to France to practice flying “Myster” planes and was one of the first to fly to the kibbutz, Who had flown to Israel on the eve of Operation Kadesh, was involved in guiding other pilots to fly these planes, and participated in Operation Kadesh and attacked enemy convoys, feeling mixed, for the movement and the kibbutz absorbed human love and faith in human values. The neighboring nation.) But he devoted himself primarily to the heaviest tasks in the life of man-the tasks of war In his faith, the blood and fire flowed out of his Lev and soul, and Ahad knew the taste of Achva, and the deep personal connection that his friends and friends had with him was lacking in words and outpouring. , Who excelled in adulthood and responsibility for the role of a fighter pilot, recalls the good spirit she always felt in him. “Every meeting with him, especially in recent years, was marked by the serious face and the smile in her eye. And as in the distant days, when we studied together in the Kfirim group, we took part in the study group, even now, when we met, I would find myself looking forward to his broad smile, to the laughter – that can not be forgotten … ” According to her, it was a measure of maturity that was not in his friends, the maturity of a future pilot and of a man who kept state secrets, his friendship was not shallow, and those who enjoyed it enjoyed deep and deep ties. His education and after completing the absorption mission of the supermister planes, he received a four-month vacation and prepared for his matriculation exams “The next stages in Lt. Col. Ohad’s career were the command of a squadron and then going to the United States to train on the new Skyhawk procurement planes and to command the” Skyhawks “Squadron. The attrition took off on many operational flights, and on August 8, 1970, Ohad fell in the line of duty and was put to rest in the cemetery in the transit camps. He left a wife and three daughters. A booklet called “Ohad” was published by the kibbutz on the 30th day after his fall.