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The brothers made their professional debut as children, when their father put them on a boat to Detroit to visit an uncle and told the purser the boys would put on a free show.

“Those include the fish processing workers, U.S. Coast Guard licensed personnel, refrigeration specialists, marine electricians, fish crews, pursers, cooks and others.”

“We’ve nothing at the moment,” the purser said as he sent me off to explore, “but we’ll get back to you.”

For veteran El Al purser Hedva Opatovsky, the flight marked a fitting final journey for her 46 years of air travel.

After the war, Harold studied chemistry, physics and maths at Cardiff University, before initially deciding to re-join the Merchant Navy as an assistant purser.