Dan Tolkovsky

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Dan Tolkovsky
Dan Tolkovsky
Born	(1921-01-17) January 17, 1921
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Israeli Air Force
Rank	Aluf

Aluf Dan Tolkovsky (born January 17, 1921) was the commander of the Israeli Air Force from May 1953 to July 1958.^[1] Tolkovsky entered the military in 1943, when the Royal Air Force sent a Jewish unit from Palestine to train at a flight school in Southern 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.^[2] He later served as the IAF Commander.^[3]

Notes

↑ "Dan Tolkovsky (biographical details)". Cosmos.ucc.ie. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
↑ 1947 Timeline, IAF Official Site. Accessed June 9, 2006.
↑ Cohen, Eliezer (1993). Israel's Best Defense. New York: Orion Books. p. 504. ISBN 0-517-58790-4.

References

Jews from Palestine are sent to the RAF pilot course in Rhodesia, IAF Official Site. Accessed June 9, 2006.

v t e Israeli Air Force Commanders

Amir (1948) Remez (1948–50) Shamir (1950–51) Laskov (1951–53) Tolkovsky (1953–58) Weizman (1958–66) Hod (1966–73) Peled (1973–77) Ivry (1977–82) Lapidot (1982–87) Ben-Nun (1987–92) Bodinger (1992–96) Ben Eliyahu (1996–2000) Halutz (2000–04) Shkedi (2004–08) Nehoshtan (2008–12) Eshel (2012–)

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Name	Tolkovsky, Dan
Alternative names
Short description	Israeli air force general
Date of birth	January 17, 1921
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