Atef Sadat

Mohamed Atef Anwar Sadat محمد عاطف أنور السادات
Atef Sadat
Born	(1948-03-13)13 March 1948
Died	6 October 1973(1973-10-06) (aged 25)
Place of birth	Mit Abu El Kom, Tala District, Monufia Governorate, Egypt
Place of death	Sinai Peninsula
Allegiance	Egypt
Service/branch	Egyptian Air Force
Years of service	1966–1973
Rank	Flight lieutenant
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War Ofira Air Battle†
Awards	Order of the Sinai Star

Atef with his brother Anwar

Template:Anwar Sadat Mohamed Atef Anwar Sadat (Arabic language: محمد عاطف أنور السادات‎; 13 March 1948 – 6 October 1973) was a fighter pilot in the Egyptian Air Force who had the rank of flight lieutenant. In the Yom Kippur War, he and a colleague were killed in a raid on an Israeli military airport. He is the younger brother of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated on the same day eight years later.

Early life

Atef Sadat was born on 13 March 1948 in the village of Mit Abu El Kom, Tala District, in Monufia Governorate. He graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy in 1966, and spent two years in the Soviet Union, attending a training program on air fighters and then fighter bombers (the Sukhoi). In the years 1969 and 1970, Atef Sadat participated in Egyptian offensive operations against Israeli aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula, and his colleagues described him as his experience in the War of Attrition that made him a mentor on Soviet aircraft during that period.

Yom Kippur War

On 5 October 1973, a state of readiness was launched at Bilbeis Airport, and every pilot ran a fighter inside the fortified aircraft complex, and the planes were armed with bombs and ready, but the mission was cancelled as this was a training exercise on assembling pilots.

During the Ofira Air Battle, a pair of Israeli F-4E Phantoms challenged 28 Egyptian MiGs over Sharm el-Sheikh and within half an hour claimed to have shot down seven to eight migs. One of the Egyptian pilots killed was Atef.

Reports of his death

To avoid distracting her husband, Jehan Sadat waited until the eighth day of the war before breaking the news of his brother's death to him. He was first reported dead on 5 January 1974 by Egyptian newspapers. On 31 March 1974, an Israeli army spokesman disclosed that a search party had found his body in the sands of the western Sinai Peninsula and that it had handed him over to the Egyptian government. He was buried the same day in his hometown of Mit Abu El Kom.

Honors

Order of the Sinai Star : When the celebration was held to honor the heroes of October in the People's Assembly, Anwar Sadat received the Order of the Sinai Star in honor of his brother's name, and the Minister of War, Ahmad Ismail Ali, handed him the medal.