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Michel Bacos
Born 3 May 1924 (1924-05-03 ) Died 26 March 2019(2019-03-26) (aged 94 ) Nationality French Occupation Airline pilot Employer Air France Known for Pilot involved in Entebbe hijacking Title Captain Awards
Captain Michel Bacos
Michel Bacos (3 May 1924 – 26 March 2019)[1] [2] Air France Flight 139 when it was hijacked on 27 June 1976 by terrorists belonging to the German Revolutionary Cells (RZ ) and the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO).[3] [4] [5] Palestinian terrorism .[5]
Bacos was a recipient of the National Order of the Legion of Honour , the highest decoration in France.[6] [7] [8]
Life and career before Entebbe [ edit ]
Michel Bacos grew up in Port Said, Egypt , where his father worked as a lawyer. At the age of seventeen, he joined the Free French Forces of General de Gaulle and, in 1943, joined the Free French Naval Forces .[9]
He was sent to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas [when? where he became a naval aviation pilot.[citation needed
In 1955, he joined Air France as a pilot. This is where he met his wife, Rosemarie, a German, who was then a stewardess.[9]
Hijacking [ edit ]
On 27 June 1976, Bacos was piloting an Airbus A300 flight from Athens to Paris , originating in Tel Aviv . Minutes into the flight, Bacos heard screams and quickly realized that the plane was being hijacked.[3] [5] [10] [11] [3] Benghazi , Libya, for refueling,[12] Entebbe , Uganda, with only 20 minutes' fuel left.[5] [10]
The terrorists freed the 148 non-Jewish passengers, and offered to release Bacos and his crew. They felt duty-bound to remain on the plane, and refused to leave. They stayed behind with the Jewish hostages.[3] [12] Operation Entebbe , and Bacos was dazed in the attack.[13] [14] [15]
Awards and later life [ edit ]
Street sign named after Bacos in Netanya , Israel
In 1976, Bacos was awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour , the highest decoration in France, by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing .[6] [8] B'nai B'rith International 『Ménoras d'Or』(Golden Menorah) in Cannes , France.[16]
Bacos retired from Air France in 1982,[17] Nice , France, with his wife. They had seven grandchildren.[2] [better source needed In 2016, the American Jewish Congress awarded Bacos the organization's Moral Courage Award. Bacos lived in Nice at the time of his death on 26 March 2019.[18] [19] Hatikvah ", was played at his funeral.[20] Christian Estrosi recognized Bacos, saying: "Michel, bravely refusing to give in to anti-Semitism and barbarism, did honor to France. The love of France and the defense of liberties have marked his destiny."[21]
A street was named after Bacos in Netanya , Israel.
Bacos appeared as himself in the 2000 documentary film Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe .[22]
Gallery [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Arava, Yael (3 July 2006). "הקברניט שלא נטש את נוסעיו" [The captain who didn't abandon his passengers]. Maariv (in Hebrew). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ a b c d Dunstan, Simon (2011). Entebbe: The Most Daring Raid of Israel's Special Forces ISBN 9781448818686 . Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ Katz, Samuel M. (2004). Against all odds: counterterrorist hostage rescues ISBN 9780822515678 . Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ a b c d Ensalaco, Mark (2008). Middle Eastern terrorism: from Black September to September 11 ISBN 9780812240467 . Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ a b "Entebbe Postscript" . Flight International . 17 July 1976. p. 122. Retrieved 28 March 2019 .
^ Air et Cosmos in French )
^ a b David Kaplan, "A Historic Hostage-Taking Revisited ," The Jerusalem Post , 3 August 2006, Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ a b Beck, Eldad (28 June 2016). "Air France pilot recounts: 'We were not going to leave the Jewish passengers in Entebbe' . Ynetnews . Retrieved 29 March 2019 .
^ a b Ami Pedahzur (2010). The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism ISBN 9780231140430 . Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ Lila Perl (2003). Terrorism ISBN 9780761415831 . Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ a b John T. Correll (December 2010). "Entebbe" (PDF) . Air Force Magazine . Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ Philip Ross (2 August 1976). "The Illustrated Story of the Great Israeli Rescue" . New York Magazine . Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ Don Cook (8 July 1976). "Hijacked Pilot Won't Accuse Amin of Complicity" . The Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011 .
^ "Michel Bacos, heroic French pilot of 1976 Entebbe hijacking, dies at 95" . Washington Post . 27 March 2019.
^ Ménoras d'Or 2008 [dead link Archived 21 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine , menorasdor.org, 2008, Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ Roberts, Sam (28 March 2019). "Michel Bacos, Hero Pilot of Jet Hijacked to Entebbe, Dies at 94" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 29 March 2019 .
^ "Hero pilot who stayed with Entebbe hostages dies" . 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019 .
^ Spiro, Amy (27 March 2019). "Hero pilot from hijacked Entebbe flight dies at 95 - Israel News" . The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 28 March 2019 .
^ "L'hymne israélien résonne lors de l'enterrement du pilote Michel Bacos" . Times of Israel. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019 .
^ "French pilot who stayed with hijacked Israelis, Jews at Entebbe dies aged 95" . The Times of Israel . Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe , TV 2000, IMDB, Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ "Mivtsa Yonatan (Operation Thunderbolt) (1977)" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
^ "Raid on Entebbe" . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 June 2011 .
^ "7 Days in Entebbe (2018)" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
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