{"id":5476,"date":"2020-09-09T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5476"},"modified":"2023-03-30T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T09:08:31","slug":"lipiner-salke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/lipiner-salke\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipiner, Salke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Leading Aircraftman, 145 Squadron
Service number 775031
Died 11 Aug 1943
Buried Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily
Age 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Salke (Betzalel-Salka) was born in 1910 in Galicia and immigrated to Israel in 1933. He was an active member of Beitar and the National Workers’ Union. Records state that Salke was a ‘local enlistment’ in the Middle East into the Royal Air Force and enlisted after July 1940.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 145 Squadron Operational Record Book on 12th August 1943 states the following: ‘The landing ground was subjected to an intense bombing raid for 40 minutes from 22.15 last night when an estimated 30 enemy aircraft dropped H\/E and A\/P bombs on Lentini East and West and on 239 Wing at Agnone. Bombing was accurate, the enemy aircraft being assisted by a brilliant moon and a fire caused by the first bomb hitting a petrol dump. 3 airmen were killed and 7 others injured.’ <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n