Dan Tolkovsky
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| Dan Tolkovsky | |
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 Dan Tolkovsky |
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| Allegiance |  Israel |
| Service/branch | Israeli Air Force |
| Rank | Aluf |
Aluf Dan Tolkovsky was the commander of the Israeli Air Force from May 1953 to July 1958. Tolkovsky entered the military in 1943, when the Royal Air Force sent a Jewish unit from Palestine to train at a flight school in Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe). Tolkovsky was the first in his group to complete the course, and went on to serve as a fighter pilot and later in aircraft reconnaissance in Greece during World War II.
Because of his air experience, Tolkovsky would become a founding member of Israeli air power. He first joined Sherut Avir, the short-lived forerunner of the IAF, where he assisted in the procurement of modern military aircraft from Czechoslovakia.[1] He later served as the IAF Commander.
[edit] Notes
- ^ 1947 Timeline, IAF Official Site. Accessed June 9, 2006.
[edit] References
- Jews from Palestine are sent to the RAF pilot course in Rhodesia, IAF Official Site. Accessed June 9, 2006.
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| Preceded by Hayim Laskov |
Commander of the Israeli Air Force 1953–1958 |
Succeeded by Ezer Weizman |
