Gideon Shochat
Gideon "Geda" Shochat | |
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| גדעון "גדע" שוחט | |
| File:Weisman four.png A delegation of four officers sent by David Ben Gurion to collect funds in the United States in 1956. From left to right: Ezer Weizmann, Yossi Harel, Nachman Karni, and Gideon Shohat. | |
| Born | December 26, 1912 |
| Died | December 19, 1966 (aged 53) |
| Children | Alona Einstein |
Gideon (Geda) Shochat (Hebrew: גדעון (גדע) שוחט; 1912–1966) was a Royal Air Force pilot, colonel in the Israeli Air Force, and a former Israeli ambassador to Malawi.[1] Shochat's daughter Alona was married to Israeli singer Arik Einstein.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Geda Shochat was born in Ottoman Haifa in 1912[1] to Zionist activists and politicians Manya and Israel Shochat. He grew up in Kfar Giladi, a kibbutz founded in part by his parents, and was educated at the Mikveh Israel boarding school near Tel Aviv.[2]
World War II
[edit | edit source]In 1941, Shochat volunteered for the RAF and was sent to Asmara and Eritrea to work as a machinist, and after a few months, returned to Mandatory Palestine. In 1943, he finished pilot training in Rhodesia[3] and served as a pilot in Egypt. Near the end of World War II, he served in Karachi as a commander for a squadron of B-24 Liberators.[4]
Israeli War of Independence
[edit | edit source]Shochat joined the Israeli 103 Squadron in 1948. He was involved in Operation Velvetta to smuggle aircraft to Israel from Czechoslovakia for the Israeli War of Independence.[5]
Later life
[edit | edit source]In 1964, Shochat was appointed as the Israeli ambassador to Malawi.[6] Shochat died in 1966 and was given a military funeral at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery.[1]
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