Jewish airmen in WWII

[Franz von Werra]

Originally Posted by Graham Boak

I did notice recently that the list of the nationality of BoB pilots included one Israeli. An interesting concept, that.

You might be interested in knowing that I discussed this issue many years ago with some ex-RAF penfriends.
One of them stated that the Israeli Prime Minister (the name escaped him, but now I know it is the late Ezer Weizmann - sigh!) served in the wartime RAF, but was not sure about the BoB period.
Another provided me with more in-depth information and identified the pilot as GEORGE GOODMAN. I am not sure as to whether he was of Jewish religion, however, he was born in Palestine in 1915 to a railway engineer. He joined the RAF and took part to the BoB with 1 Squadron (JX) flying Hawker Hurricanes.
He later moved to N. Africa and was killed in 1941. He is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma (Libya).