Flying Officer Bertram Glickman of Montreal, Quebec, was reported missing and presumed dead on December 12, 1942, after failing to return from a mission over Tripoli. Enlisting in the air force in May 1941, Flying Officer Glickman trained at Victoriaville, Chatham and Mountain View, where he received his wings as an observer in January 1942. He proceeded to Pennfield Ridge for further training and received his commission while at that station. After arriving in England in March, he volunteered for service in the Middle East and was stationed at Cairo and Alexandria. (Source: Canadian Jews in World War II)
Flying Officer Abe Ittkin of Montreal, Quebec, was reported missing and presumed dead on April 7, 1943, according to an official report. Flying Officer Ittkin enlisted in the air force in August 1941 and trained at Toronto, Mont Joli, Victoriaville and Ancienne Lorette, where he graduated as an air navigator on July 30, 1942, and received his commission as a pilot officer. He proceeded to England on August 20, 1942, and after receiving his commission as a flying officer in March 1943, was transferred to the R.A.F. Middle East Command.
Flying Officer Gordon Steinberg of Toronto, Ontario, died of injuries received while in action near Alexandria, Egypt. He was forced to bail out of his plane as a result of enemy action. He was buried at sea. Flying Officer Steinberg enlisted in the air force at Toronto in September 1940. He was trained at St. Hubert, Victoriaville, Dunnville, Regina and Yorkton, where he was awarded his pilot’s wings on November 6, 1941. In December of the same year, he landed in England and proceeded for further training as a fighter pilot. Flying Officer Steinberg went to Africa in June 1942 while the Axis forces were pushing the allied Eighth Army back into Egypt. Attached to the 213th R.A.F. (Middle East) Squadron, he participated in the battles in which Montgomery’s forces repelled the enemy. He was attached to the Eighth Army all the time this force was advancing across the African continent from Egypt to Tripoli. While in Africa, Flying Officer Steinberg was commissioned and promoted three times, attaining the rank of flying officer a few months before his death. He visited Palestine several times on his leaves and developed a great interest in the country. The R.C.A.F. wrote to his family: “Flying Officer Steinberg completed 92 operational flights. His duties included patrols, air-sea rescue searches and scrambles against enemy aircraft.” A brother, Private Lawrence Steinberg, served in the army.
Flight Sergeant Herbert Wolf of Ottawa, Ontario, was listed missing and later reported killed on active service in Libya. Enlisting in the air force in July 1940, Sergeant Wolf won his wings at Brantford in April 1941 and went overseas the same month. He was posted to No. 1 O.T.U. at Bassingbourn, England, for operational training on Wellington bombers and in August 1941 was posted to No. 103 R.A.F. Squadron with which he made several trips over Europe. On September 27 he volunteered for service in the Middle East, and on October 15 he and his crew flew to Egypt. He was promoted to the rank of flight sergeant on November 20, 1941. He was born in Montgomery, Alberta. A brother, George M. Wolfe Jr., also served with the R.C.A.F. He was originally buried at Sidi Omar, but his body was later moved to the cemetery at Halfaya Sollum, near Sidi Barrani, Egypt.