Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
NameEdwin (Eddie) LEBOVITZ (LYONS) 
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101Birth1910, Brooklyn, NY102
Death1991, Bronx, New York
OccupationShoe Salesman, Pilot
ReligionJewish
FatherLouis LEBOVITZ (ca1880-)
MotherMargit (Margaret) STARK (1885-ca1914)
Misc. Notes
Lived with his parent in 1930.
Changed his name to Lyons, probably because of anti-semitism.101,102
Spent his entire life, from teen years till his death, in aviation.102
Lived at 1854 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Lived later in West Hempstead, LI.
Passport # 340985
Flew with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Cival War.
Republican Air Force, pilot flew transports later moved to bomber duty. November 11, 1937 he moved to Groupo 15 (a Russian unit) flying Rasantes. Flew both bombing and strafing raids. Later promoted to SB-2s.
[From Jewish List] stocky, dark, swarthy, with thin moustache, husband of Pearl - pilot , former shoe salesman, head of Loyalist Bombing Sqdn for 6 months, later specialised in ground strafing - founded the Palestine Flying Service 21.12.38, flew with Chinese Air Force , owned a Flying School in USA and retired as a Colonel (Sunday Worker Magazine, USA, April 1937). 1854 Ocean Ave Brooklyn; born 2.4.10. Lived later in West Hempstead, LI.
A flight instructor, he co-founded Zahn's Airport in eastern Long Island in 1945, and also founded the resident Amityville Flying Service. By the 1950s, Zahn's was one of the busiest general aviation airports in the northeast, boasting over 200 resident aircraft, an ANG squadron, and a CAP squadron. Colonel Lyons commanded the Northeast Region 1961 - 1970.178
Changed his name to Lyons, probably because of anti-semitism.101,102
Spent his entire life, from teen years till his death, in aviation.102
Lived at 1854 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Lived later in West Hempstead, LI.
Passport # 340985
Flew with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Cival War.
Republican Air Force, pilot flew transports later moved to bomber duty. November 11, 1937 he moved to Groupo 15 (a Russian unit) flying Rasantes. Flew both bombing and strafing raids. Later promoted to SB-2s.
[From Jewish List] stocky, dark, swarthy, with thin moustache, husband of Pearl - pilot , former shoe salesman, head of Loyalist Bombing Sqdn for 6 months, later specialised in ground strafing - founded the Palestine Flying Service 21.12.38, flew with Chinese Air Force , owned a Flying School in USA and retired as a Colonel (Sunday Worker Magazine, USA, April 1937). 1854 Ocean Ave Brooklyn; born 2.4.10. Lived later in West Hempstead, LI.
A flight instructor, he co-founded Zahn's Airport in eastern Long Island in 1945, and also founded the resident Amityville Flying Service. By the 1950s, Zahn's was one of the busiest general aviation airports in the northeast, boasting over 200 resident aircraft, an ANG squadron, and a CAP squadron. Colonel Lyons commanded the Northeast Region 1961 - 1970.178