Brigadier General Dan Tolkowsky, 37-year-old Commander of the Israel Air Force, arrived here this morning via El Al Israel Airlines for a month’s speaking tour of American communities from coast to coast on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal. On his first appearance in this country, Gen. Tolkowsky will address the 1958 National Inaugural Dinner Sunday, March 2 at Miami Beach, which launches the UJA’s 20th annual campaign.
Born in Palestine, and a World War II RAF fighter pilot, Gen. Tolkowsky assumed command of the Israel Air Force in 1953. In this post he succeeded present Army Chief of Staff Major General Haim Laskov. He directed the development of a modern jet-propelled air force for Israel, and led it in the Sinai campaign of 1956.
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