Lou Lenart
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Louis Lenart was a Hungarian-born American-Israeli fighter pilot. He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the fledgling Israeli Air Force during the 1948
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Operation Pleshet
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Operation Pleshet was an Israeli military action near the village of Isdud from May 29 to June 3, 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Isdud was on the Israeli southern front against the Egyptian Ar
Lou Lenart
…Declaration of Independence and the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, flying the Avia S-199 fighter plane. On May 29, 1948, Lenart took part in Operation Pleshet, when the Israeli Air Force launched its entire fleet of four fighter aircraft in a desperate attempt to halt an Egyptian advance on Tel Aviv, in…
Aerial photo of Isdud in 1935
Shimon Avidan, commander of the Givati Brigade
Muhammad Naguib, the appointed Egyptian 2nd Brigade commander
Operational order for the airstrike issued by the General Staff's Operations Directorate