Harold (Hal) A. Levin, a native of Milwaukee, died July 17 at the age of 86.
A graduate of Shorewood High School, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison until the onset of World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and became a navigator of a B17 bomber.
In 1944, Levin’s plane was hit by enemy fire during its 26th mission over Germany. According to his family, he navigated the floundering craft over neutral Sweden until the ten-man crew was ordered to bail out. The only injury sustained was a broken ankle by the pilot after crash-landing in a farmer’s field. Levin’s crew spent the remainder of the war in a Swedish resort.
After the war Levin graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in business administration and worked as a sales representative for Junior Age, his family’s business, and later for Queen Casuals.
He was a longtime member of Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, B’nai B’rith International and the Anti-Defamation League.
His family said he was passionate about golf, a game he enjoyed from the age of 12. He was also a history buff and avid Packers fan, they said.
Levin is survived by wife Carol (nee Beckerman), daughter Lee Levin (Michael Hirsch) of New York, N.Y.; son Laurence Levin (Elizabeth Davis) of San Francisco; stepdaughters Susan Mayer of Phoenix, Ariz. and Debra (Don) May of Bayside; stepson Bill (Wendy) Mayer of Mequon; and eight granddaughters.
Cantor David Barash of Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun officiated at graveside services July 21 in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Memorials to Congregation Emanu-El are appreciated by the family.
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