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Item ID | 25656 | |||
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Title | Yemenite Jews aboard a plane taking them from the British protectorate of Aden to Israel. | |||
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Reference Code | NY_14760 | |||
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Description | In Operation Magic Carpet, JDC organized and financed the rescue airlift of some 48,000 Yemenite Jews—almost the entire community—from the British Protectorate of Aden to Israel. These Jews had trekked across 200 miles of desert to reach Aden, where food, clothing, shelter, and, above all, medical aid were provided for the malnourished and often ill refugees. This massive exodus involved nearly 450 flights on huge JDC-chartered aircraft; it began in December 1948, and the last plane left Aden on September 19, 1950. | |||
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City / Town | Lydda Airport | ![]() |
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Country | Israel | ![]() |
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Decade | 1940 | ![]() |
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Photo Date Description | 1948-1949 | ![]() |
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Project / Special Operation | Operation Magic Carpet | ![]() |
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Photographer | Al Taylor | ![]() |
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Selected Search Code | CH-Rescue | ![]() |
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Size | 1 x 1 1/2 | |||
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Format | Negative |