Smuke, Gad
Gad, son of Frida and Heinrich (Chaim), was born on April 4, 1942 in Bleitmeritz, Czechoslovakia. As a Holocaust survivor, he immigrated to Israel alone in 1956. He began his studies in his hometown and in Israel he studied at the agricultural high school at the son of Shemen Youth Village, and later studied at the agricultural high school in Kfar Hayarok. He also studied at the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and completed his studies as a physical education teacher, and at the same time served as a combat soldier in the IDF. Served as a pilot in the Israel Air Force, and in 1964 he successfully completed the pilot’s course and was awarded the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Gat was a lieutenant colonel in 1966, and later served as an instructor in the Israel Air Force Training Base and in the IAF Technical School, and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1968 and was sent to serve in a combat squadron. In which he was promoted to the rank of Major, Gad was evaluated by his commanders as an excellent pilot and as a commander with rare determination and ability, he was devoted to his position and excelled in leadership and command. He was particularly prominent when he was a deputy commander of a squadron, a position that required organizational fitness and command, including professional skills. His commanders noted his diligence and diligence and expected a brilliant future in the air force. In 1964 he married his girlfriend Ora and together established their home where their two daughters were born. In 1973, Gad was sent by the Israel Air Force to a pilot-pilot course in the United States. This course was considered very difficult there as well, and from the very beginning Gad was very good at flying. In the course of the course Gad’s achievements were so excellent that a huge gap was created between him and the other participants in the course. Thanks to his achievements, he was awarded the Outstanding Student Award, which is still in his home. He received the respect and appreciation that earned him a reputation in the course and added to the glorification of the Air Force and the State of Israel. Three weeks before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, he returned with his family to Israel and soon returned to full operational capability, although for a long time he did not fly operational flights. During the Yom Kippur War he participated in the IAF’s operational activities on the northern and southern fronts. In a raid over the Suez area on October 17, 1973, Gad’s plane was hit. He managed to land but was killed when he arrived in Israel. His body has not been found to this day. A memorial monument was erected in his honor in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. He left behind a wife and two daughters. On the 16th of Sivan 5737 (16.6.1977), the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Mordechai Gur, gave a posthumous tribute to Major Gad Smok for courage, coolness and excellent performance during the Yom Kippur War. On October 7, 1973, during the attack on missile batteries in Syria, Major Gad Smok’s plane was hit by anti-aircraft missiles. As a result, the pilot was flown out of the plane. Major Gad Smok, who did not notice the pilot’s absence, apparently because of the noises in the plane, continued flying back to his base, and when he landed, when the plane was badly damaged, the connection was not working and the wheels were burning, He was parked in the middle of the track, and the late Major Smoke managed to make an extraordinary maneuver so as not to hurt the plane that landed in front of him and turned his plane alongside the track. This prevented the two planes from being hit and the crew members who were nearby were injuredThe parked plane. The late Major Gad Smok continued to fight, and on October 17, 1973, when his plane was hit in the Suez Canal, he fell, but when he reached the ground he was killed and killed, Spirit and excellent execution ability. “Space is a makal-a space whose burial place is not known.
