Destiny
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Sometimes when you follow your heart, you change history.
That is what happened to Lou Lenart, a pilot for the United States Marines. He returned from World War II and was starting to adjust to civilian life, dating Hollywood actresses. Then at the end of 1947, the United Nations announced it would recognize Israel as a national homeland for the Jewish people. The date was set for May 15, 1948, less than six months away. Immediately, the leaders of five Arab nations - Lebanon, Syria, TransJordan, Eygpt and Iraq – announced they would invade the newborn nation in "a war of extermination."
Lou’s heart told him that he could not stand idly by and allow a new holocaust to occur. So he bought an old plane, rounded up a little team, went over there, and led the first mission of the Israel Air Force. A mission that changed history.
What happened was totally improbable. But it happened. As the United States Air War College puts it:
“In 1948 Lou Lenart led the first fighter mission of the newly created Israel Air Force. He led an attack against the advancing Egyptian Army, changing the course of the war.”
- The United States Air War College report at the “Gathering of Eagles” Conference, June 9, 2000, Maxwell Air Force Base, Mobile, Alabama.
The link below (YouTube) is a 10-minute video of Lou describing what it was like to fly a rattletrap, Nazi-surplus Messerschmitt against the Egyptian Army, which was about 16 miles away from Tel Aviv and about to conquer the city. (Filmed by TeamWorks Studio about 20 years ago, when Lou was 65).
A few more videos are here.
Destiny is a book and film project of Noble Heart Media
Sometimes when you follow your heart, you change history.
That is what happened to Lou Lenart, a pilot for the United States Marines. He returned from World War II and was starting to adjust to civilian life, dating Hollywood actresses. Then at the end of 1947, the United Nations announced it would recognize Israel as a national homeland for the Jewish people. The date was set for May 15, 1948, less than six months away. Immediately, the leaders of five Arab nations - Lebanon, Syria, TransJordan, Eygpt and Iraq – announced they would invade the newborn nation in "a war of extermination."
Lou’s heart told him that he could not stand idly by and allow a new holocaust to occur. So he bought an old plane, rounded up a little team, went over there, and led the first mission of the Israel Air Force. A mission that changed history.
What happened was totally improbable. But it happened. As the United States Air War College puts it:
“In 1948 Lou Lenart led the first fighter mission of the newly created Israel Air Force. He led an attack against the advancing Egyptian Army, changing the course of the war.”
- The United States Air War College report at the “Gathering of Eagles” Conference, June 9, 2000, Maxwell Air Force Base, Mobile, Alabama.
The link below (YouTube) is a 10-minute video of Lou describing what it was like to fly a rattletrap, Nazi-surplus Messerschmitt against the Egyptian Army, which was about 16 miles away from Tel Aviv and about to conquer the city. (Filmed by TeamWorks Studio about 20 years ago, when Lou was 65).
A few more videos are here.
Destiny is a book and film project of Noble Heart Media