Sukenik, Matityahu (Matti)
Son of the educator Chasia Pinsud, and Professor Eliezer-Lipa, was born on January 1, 1929 in Jerusalem. He studied at the Rehavia Gymnasium, was active in the Scouts movement, a member of the Scouts’ Training Unit in Ein Gev, and was trained in Givat Haim and Naan. From the love of the people and the homeland, which he gave expression to in his writings, he was also a handsome person, and from the age of 15 onwards he tended to carry out positive and useful missions in the role of inspector in the Haganah, liaison in the Hagana and other positions. He did not understand the contents of the leaflets, and from the time he was born, he fought to serve his people and his homeland in the conquest of heaven, What he practiced at the British Air Force camp in Ekron (later Tel Nof) at the end of his work “What is my duty to my people and Ashena” 15 and a half, he wrote: “I dream about flying Hebrew. I dream of a settlement whose members are graduates of the Scout Federation and a small airport on its side. A national airline will be established, such as the national shipping company Shikma, and will open lines to every part of the world. The Land of Israel will become the center of aviation in the East, our land will develop, and the name of the Hebrew land will be borne by all peoples, as the ancient prophets predicted. “When the War of Independence began in the winter of 1948, immediately after the UN resolution of 29 November 1947 To two countries, joined the Palmach as a member of the IAF. He studied meteorology and demanded to participate in actual flights. He flew in light airplanes (“the primus”) and took part in bombing Arab concentrations, assisting the ground forces of the Haganah, and bringing food and mail to ancient Jerusalem, Kfar Etzion, Yehiam and other isolated settlements. In the war against the Arab armies he served in larger and more sophisticated planes. He participated in the bombing of Gaza (which the Voice of Israel reported on the radio), Ashdod and enemy concentrations in the Jordan Valley and northern Israel. Matityahu was the first to volunteer with joy and self-satisfaction, who was allowed to serve the homeland in the profession he had dreamed of since childhood. He is not deterred by any danger or sacrifice. He was loved and loved by his friends. On his return from the Ashdod bombing on June 4, 1948, he went on a plane with his friend David Sprinzak to bomb the Egyptian naval vessels, who tried to bomb Tel Aviv, hit them and helped them escape, but the plane was shot down with his friend Drowned in the sea. After his fall, he was awarded the rank of air-command officer, and his memorial was erected in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
