Sydney S. Shulemson
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Sydney Simon Shulemson (October 22, 1915 - January 25, 2007) was a Canadian fighter pilot, and Canada's highest decorated Jewish soldier, during World War II.
Growing up in Montreal, Shulemson attended McGill University. Enlisting in the RCAF on September 10, 1939, graduating from flight school in 1942. He joined RCAF 404 Squadron in Wick in Scotland, flying a Bristol Beaufighter. Shulemson downed a German flying boat on his first sortie.
After the war, Shulemson located aircraft and recruited pilots for Israel's growing Air Force.
Shulemson married in 1989. He died in Florida in 2006.
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- Mertl, Steve. "SYD SHULEMSON, PILOT 1915-2007", Globe and Mail, Canadian Press, p. S9. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
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