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IAF Museum
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1948 Fighters
This is a lineup of veterans from the 1948 War of Independence.
The early years of the IAF saw the Israelis searching for aircraft from
throughout the world. Planes were smuggled out of the U.S. and Britain,
and Czechoslovakia even provided a version of the German Bf 109 Messerschmitt.
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Except for a few Israelis that had experience with the RAF during WWII,
Israel had few pilots to fly the fighters. Fortunately there were many
foreign volunteers who were willing to serve the new nation and pilot
the aircraft. |
