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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. [2]
Jul 26, 2023 · This month marks eight years since the passing of one of the most important airmen in the history of Israel and the United States Marine Corps, Captain Lou Lenart.
Jul 2, 2010 · LOS ANGELES – As the sun slowly sets over the US Marine Corps War Memorial grounds outside Washington on July 6, ex-US Marine and Israel Air Force fighter pilot Lou Lenart will be on the...
Louis “Lou” Lenart was an American Jewish pilot who played an integral role in the founding of the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Lou was born in Hungary and emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 10 to escape from rising antisemitism in Europe.
May 29, 2024 · His opportunity came at age 17 when, after completing a Charles Atlas body-building course, Lou joined the Marines. Once again, Lou found himself the lone Jew in his often Jew-hating troop, yet he breezed through the brutal training and was accepted into Marine flight school.
Lou Lenart led the first fighter mission of one of the world’s most respected and successful air forces! Lenart was born in Hungary in 1921 and, at age 10, he immigrated with his immediate family to the United States. As a youth, he watched the rising tide of anti-Semitic forces in Germany.
May 18, 2016 · Israel’s most populous city was spared from what could have been a devastating battle, and Lenart was nicknamed “the man who saved Tel-Aviv”. Following the war, Lenart played an important role in Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, which airlifted over 120,000 Iraqi Jewish refugees to safety in Israel.
