Romm, Giora

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Name (Hebrew)
רום, גיורא, 1945-2023
Name (Latin)
Romm, Giora
Name (Arabic)
روم، جيورا
Name (Cyrilic)
Ромм, Гиора
Other forms of name
Rom, Giora
Date of birth
1945-04-29
Date of death
2023-08-21
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 7223234
Wikidata: Q5563387
Library of congress: no2008189256
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Wikipedia description:

Giora Romm (Hebrew: גיורא רום‎; 29 April 1945 – 11 August 2023) was an Israeli military officer who served as deputy commander of the Israeli Air Force (IAF), Israel's military attaché in the United States and as director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel. Romm was the IAF's first jet ace, scoring five kills during the 1967 Six-Day War. In 1969, during the War of Attrition, Romm was shot down and spent several months in Egyptian captivity. He commanded the IAF's 115 Squadron through the intensive fighting of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and participated in Operation Wooden Leg, the 1985 raid against PLO headquarters in Tunisia.

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