Seymour was a veteran plane navigator of the USAAF over Europe in World War 2. and a Mahal air crew member of 1948.
During the early 1950's Israel was desperate to acquire all sorts of military aircraft. A Mosquito plane acquired in Canada was lost with its two-man crew, pilot Raymond Kurtz and navigator Seymour Lerner, in May 1951 over the icy ocean en route to Reykjavik, while being ferried to Israel.
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