Air crew of sqn. 119, October 14, 1958, 2nd anniversary of "The Bat" squadron.
[ Giora Bar-Nir private collection ]
- Crewmen in the picture [ thanks to Oded Erez for the idenfication ] :
- Standing, from left to right:
- Oded Erez, Itschak ("Itche") Erez, Ezra Aharon, Yoash Chatto-Tsiddon, Avraham Tsfadia, Uri Ofer, Adam Tzivoni, Beni Ashkenazi, Meir Livne.
- Seating, from left to right:
- Micha Ramati, David Kriger, Menachem Pundak, Shlomo ("soli") Amiran, Giora Bar-Nir, Ovadia Nachman.
- {missing in this picture: Elyashiv Brosh}
- Note: the squadron operated both Vautour IIN and Meteors NF.13.
- Oded Erez, Itschak ("Itche") Erez, Ezra Aharon, Yoash Chatto-Tsiddon, Avraham Tsfadia, Uri Ofer, Adam Tzivoni, Beni Ashkenazi, Meir Livne.
This group, headed by Y. Tsiddon was responsible for the foundation of the jet all-weather fighting doctrine in the IAF. Important members were also the technical personnel and, as a new vocation - the "electronics" officers.