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Sign: Ben-Gurion Airport - a sign indicating the attack on Lod Airport by the Irgun


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Ben Gurion Airport/Terminal 3, Israel
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On the sign:
נמל התעופה הבינלאומי בן גוריון
BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

ברית חיילי הארגון הצבאי הלאומי בארץ ישראל
ההתקפה על שדה-התעופה לוד
ביום כ"ד באדר ב’ תש"ו (25 בפברואר 1946) תקפו כוחות הארגון הצבאי הלאומי (האצ"ל) בפיקודו של גונדר שמשון (דב כהן) את שדה תעופה לוד, ששימש כבסיס חיל האוויר הבריטי והשמידו בו 11 מטוסי קרב.
במסגרת תנועת המרי העברי תקפו אותו לילה יחידות האצ"ל והלח"י שני שדות תעופה נוספים.

נמל התעופה שוחרר במלחמת העצמאות ביום ג’ בתמוז תש"ח 10 ביולי 1948, בידי חטיבה 8

THE ATTACK ON LOD AIRPORT
ON 25.02.46 THE FORCES OF THE "ETZEL" (THE "IRGUN") UNDER THE COMMAND OF GUNDAR SHIMSHON (DOV COHEN) ATTACKED LOD AIRPORT WHICH SERVED AS A BASE FOR THE BRITISH AIR FORCE. THEY DESTROYED ELEVEN FIGHTER PLANES IN THIS ACTION.
AT THE SAME TIME UNDER THE SAME FRAMEWORK OF THE JEWISH RESISTANCE MOVEMENT, TWO ADDITIONAL AIR FORCE BASES WERE ATTACKED BY THE "IRGUN" AND "LEHI".

THE AIRPORT WAS LIBERATED IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE ON THE 10TH OF JULY 1948, BY THE I.D.F.’S 8TH BRIGADE
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The sign is at the entrance to the train station serving Ben Gurion Airport.
The place was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

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