Pinchas Ben-Porat

Pinchas ("Pini") Ben-Porat (Hebrew: פנחס בן פורת; October 10, 1914 - July 27, 1955) was one of Israel's first aviators.He was involved in the Palavir, Sherut Avir, the IAF's 101 Squadron, and EL AL. Pinchas Ben-Porat was born in Krevoe Ozero, a small shtetl (Jewish village) in Ukraine.After acquiring 150 hours of flying time, he became the commander for Palmach's air platoon, the Palavir, in January 1944.On December 17, 1947, Ben-Porat was assigned a support role to Nevatim, a Jewish settlement in the Negev desert.Upon arriving, he removed the right door of the plane and set up a Bren gun and gunner with several hand grenades.
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