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Louis Lenart (April 24, 1921 – July 20, 2015) was a Hungarian-born American-Israeli fighter pilot. [1] His exploits during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War were documented in the 2015 documentary film A Wing and a Prayer .
Jul 26, 2023 · Captain Lou Lenart was one of the non-Israeli “Machalniks” who risked their lives by quietly volunteering to start the Israeli Air Force.
Jul 16, 2012 · Touted as the “man who saved Tel Aviv,” the 91-year-old Lenart recalls the fateful events of May 29, 1948 with great emotion and down to the smallest of details.
Jul 21, 2015 · Israeli war hero Lou Lenart, an American fighter pilot who led an Israeli air attack during the War of Independence that fended off an Egyptian raid on Tel Aviv, died Monday at the age of 94.
Jan 9, 2007 · Four faltering planes went out on the mission and managed to block the Egyptians against all odds. 58 years later, Lou Lenart, who was a pilot in that attack in 1948 and is now a Hollywood...
Jul 21, 2015 · Louis (Lou) Lenart, an American fighter pilot hailed as “The Man who saved Tel Aviv” during the opening days of Israel’s War of Independence, has died.
Jul 22, 2015 · Lenart, hailed in Israeli headlines as “the man who saved Tel Aviv,” died Monday at his home in Ra’anana, Israel. He was 94. He had congestive heart failure, his Los Angeles publicist, Edward...
