This will eventually be a list of all the 101 pilots and others involved with the squadron, with each name linked to a page or list of links about that pilot. I will consider the unit to have formed up on May 21, 1948, the date on which the first Avia S-199 arrived in Israel. Although not officially named the 101 Squadron until later, the unit first took part in operations on May 29.

To start with, here's an alphabetical list, of the following format: Name; nationality; date of arrival in Israel; fate; comments. Dates are 1948 unless otherwise noted.

Click the airplane icon to go to each individual's page.

 

101 Squadron pilots:

Mordechai "Modi" Alon; Israel; May 21; CO; KIA October 16

Stan Andrews; USA; June 5; KIA as a Beaufighter passenger, October 20

Syd Antin; USA; June 11-17?; went home

Rudy Augarten; USA; June 29; operations officer; went home

George Baker; USA;

Lionel Bloch; South Africa; June 11-17; KIA July 10

Syd Cohen; South Africa; June 29; B Flight leader; CO; stayed in Israel

Eddie Cohen; South African-born Israeli; May 21; KIA May 29

Jack Cohen; South Africa; late August; went home

Caesar Dangott; USA; late September-early October (based in Czechoslovakia as a trainer); went home

John "Jack" Doyle; UK-born, raised in USA, living in Canada; late September-early October; went home

Dave Etchells; Canada; late September-early October; went home

Seymour "Sye/Buck" Feldman; USA; early December; went home

Aaron "Red" Finkel; USA; June 11-17?; went home

Mitchell "Mike" Flint; USA; August 15; transferred out August 21 (back April 8); went home

Leon Frankel; USA; June 11-17?; went home in fall

Al Freeman; USA; June 29; left for home at the end of July

Coleman Goldstein; USA; arrival uncertain; transfers to AIR HQ by June 30

Chalmers "Slick" Goodlin; USA; early December; went home (yes, THAT Slick Goodlin)

Cyril Horowitz; UK; June 5; transferred to operations before end of October

Alexander "Sandy" Jacobs; Israel; June 29; stayed in Israel

Lou Lenart; Hungarian-born USA; May 21; CO; transferred to Air HQ in July; went home?

Gordon Levett; UK; transferred to 101 in late November; went home

George Lichter; USA; based in Czechoslovakia as a trainer; went home in 1951

Gideon "Giddy" Lichtman; USA; June 5; went home

Chris Magee; USA; June 29; went home when?

Maurice "Maury" Mann; UK; June 5; A Flight leader, XO; went home

John McElroy; Canada; late September-early October; went home

Leo Nomis; USA; July 31; went home end of October

Charles "Red" Nott; USA

Wayne Peake; USA; late September-early October; went home

Bill Pomerantz; USA; June 11-17?; went home

Milton Rubenfeld; USA; in Israel in early 1948 with Sherut Avir; went home in June due to injuries

Arnold Ruch; South Africa; June 11-17?; went home

Bill "Sudden Death" Schroeder; USA; late September-early October; went home

Boris Senior; South Africa; part-timer with 101 from June 29; stayed in Israel

Les Shagam; South Africa; June 29; transferred to operations before October 29

George "Lee" Sinclair; Canada; late September-early October; went home

Bob Vickman; USA; June 5; KIA July 9

Ezer Weizman; Israel; May 21; stayed in Israel

Denny Wilson; Canada; late September-early October; went home

Baron Wiseberg (David Baron?) (Dov Ben Zvi); UK; June 5; transferred out before July 9

Albert Wolfe; USA

 

Pilots who would have flown in the 101, but who were prevented by injury or death:

Jacob Ben-Chaim; Israel; washed out from first S-199 training class

Pinchas "Pinia" Ben-Porat; Israel; washed out from first S-199 training class

Itzchak Hennenson; Israel; washed out from first S-199 training class

Misha Kenner; Israel; washed out from first S-199 training class

Nachman Me'iri; Israel; washed out from first S-199 training class

George "Buzz/Screwball" Beurling; Canada; KIA in Italy May 20 (yes, THAT Buzz Beurling)

 

Ferry pilots, engineers, cadets and others that interacted with 101 during the war:

Harry Axelrod; USA; chief technical officer

Kalman Turin; Israel; adjutant/administrative/intelligence officer

Dave Croll; USA?; intelligence/operations officer

Sam Pomerance; USA; engineer-pilot; KIA in Yugoslavia December 18

Bob Dawn; USA; engineer

Dave Panner; ?

Phil Marmelstein; USA?

Daniel "Dani" Shapira; Israel; cadet

Mordechai Fein (Moti Hod); Israel; cadet

Naftali "Tuxie" Blau; South Africa; cadet

 

Israel-based ground crew:

Beni Peled; Israel

Avram Levi; Israel (D-120 armorer)

Walter Firestone; USA

Shimon; Israel (D-130 crew chief)

Reuben; Israel (D-115 engine mechanic)

"the Belgian"; Belgium, I presume