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Shlomo Levi

Shlomo Levi is a former Israeli Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace credited with 10 enemy aircraft shot down, all in the Yom Kippur War.

born 194610 aerial kills in 1973Flying the Nesher fighterIsraeli Air Force flying ace

Occupation: flying ace
Rank: Sgan Aluf

Shlomo Levi was born in 1946

Shlomo Levi was born in 1946 in a refugee camp in Italy to Holocaust survivors. In December 1947 he sailed with his parents to the Land of Israel on the immigrant ship Lo Tafhidunu. The British seized the ship and sent its passengers to detention camps in Cyprus.

He grew up first in Haifa and later, in his late teens, at Kibbutz Yagur.

He joined the IDF in November 1965 and completed flight course 53. He served in squadron 101 during the War of Attrition and then in squadron 113, flying the Mirage 3 and later the Nesher. In the Yom Kippur War he flew 54 interception and bombing sorties and shot down 10 enemy aircraft.

He left the IDF in 1987 but kept flying in the reserves until 2007. He has 3 children and 10 grandchildren and lives in Kfar Yona.

Shlomo Levi's life in 7 milestones

1946
Born in a refugee camp in Italy.
1947
Sailed to the Land of Israel on the ship Lo Tafhidunu and was sent to Cyprus.
1965
Joined the IDF.
1972
Began flying the Nesher in squadron 113.
1973
Shot down 10 enemy aircraft in the Yom Kippur War.
1987
Left regular IDF service.
2007
Stopped flying in the reserves.

Shlomo Levi served in IDF Pilot Course

Levi was an Israeli Air Force fighter pilot from 1965 to 1987, serving in squadrons 101 and 113 and fighting in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War, where he was a deputy squadron commander. He flew in the reserves until 2007.

IDF Pilot Course