A 1949-1950 secret airlift brought almost 50,000 Yeminite Jews from Aden to. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. DC-4 of Near East Air Transport on Airlift of Habbanim Jews from the South Arabian Peninsula, Operation Magic Carpet. They bore the scattered children of Israel to the Holy Land "on the wings of eagles." Randi Schofield is the sole provider for an ailing father and, at the same time, for her own children a situation now common among Americans in their 30s and 40s. Dodging bullets and bombs, Warren, Marian, and their fellow Alaskans faced deadly peril, bureaucratic bungling, inspirational faith and courage, horrors and heroism to help fulfill an ancient prophecy. Warren Metzger and Marian Liscomb were among those who accepted the challenge. With inadequate aircraft and no preparation, they risked their lives every time they lifted from Aden or Shanghai runways to fly Jewish refugees across Muslim territory to the new nation of Israel. Alaska Airlines.Alaskan pilots and crew little suspected they would create an aviation legend. It came in the form of a tiny, struggling American airline known as. Left Image: USS Missouri underway with her escort, the destroyer USS Kimberly, September 1945. Aeroclassics: The most diverse collection of 100pcs limited edition replica airliners. In Yemen, entire tribes trekked miles of desert and robber-infested mountains to the ancient port city of Aden within the British Protectorate to await a miracle. Near East Air Transport DC-4 N66756 Operation Magic Carpet. The battleships Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Idaho, along with two aircraft carriers and a destroyer squadron, made a stop at Okinawa and took on troops of. Navy’s Task Force 11 under the command of Admiral Forrest Sherman sailing from Tokyo Bay. Pilots were warned that if they were forced to land in enemy territory, the passengers, and perhaps the crew, risked being executed.Known initially as "On Wings of Eagles" and later as "Operation Magic Carpet", the top-secret emergency Jewish Airlift that began in 1948 was meant to rescue Jewish refugees from around the world and bring them to their ancient homeland-the newly reborn nation of Israel.In Shanghai, homeless Jews huddled in ghettos and prayed for rescue. In September 1945, the Pacific phase of Operation Magic Carpet began with the U.S. Though the evacuation was kept secret for fear of sabotage, the planes were routinely fired on by Egyptian forces. “The flight from Yemen to Israel, a journey of more than 1,400 miles, was almost entirely over hostile territory. To see a video about Operation Magic Carpet, look below. In general, however, the mission has been valorized as an heroic fulfillment of Israel’s commitment protecting Jews worldwide, and has been commemorated through street-naming, postage stamps, and by other means. The Magic Carpet radio program was not related to the Navys Operation Magic. The record for a single ship was set by the aircraft carrier Saratoga which. During the 14-months of Operation Magic Carpet, an average of 435,000 military personnel were being transported back every month. Critics have described the airlift as mishandled and incompetently run, resulting in a high level of infant mortality, and also note that the religious authorities of Yemen greatly enriched themselves through confiscation of Jewish property. The recordings for Magic Carpet came from famous clubs all over the nation. In December 1945, at the start of the operation, almost 8 million Allied military personnel were waiting to begin their journey back home. This was the first mass aliyah from a Muslim country, and presaged the arrival of more than 700,000 Jews who came to Israel during the nation’s first years. The secret and complex airlift involved 380 flights using British and American planes flying from Aden, the capital of Yemen, which many of the emigrés reached through dangerous journeys several hundred ended up buried in Aden. 49,000 Jews were brought to Israel under the program. Israel sees the rescue operation as a successful rescue of Yemen's community from oppression toward redemption. Israel’s Operation Magic Carpet (the nickname for Operation on Wings of Eagles), which brought some 49,000 Yemenite Jews to the new state of Israel, concluded with its final two flights on this date in 1950. The Operation Magic Carpet was the first in a series of operations.
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