Leonard Fitchett was born in Canada and served in the RCAF, where he is credited with having shot down the last German plane before the end of WWII. He was always drawn to the downtroddenand was attracted to Israel and the battle for her freedom/independence. After coming to this country, he had such an affinity for the people and the land that he decided to immigrate and live on a kibbutz. He enlisted in the new developing Israel Air Force and fell in battle over the Negev during the War of Independence, on October 20, 1948.
