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Republic RC-3 SeaBee

This SeaBee is one of 12 plains that originally made up the Sherut Avir. A local lawyer brought it to Palestine for private use during the British Mandate. Since the Sherut's pilots had no seaplane experience, the SeaBee only took off and landed on land.

Republic RC-3 SeaBee
On 15 May 1948, this SeaBee was damaged during an Egyptian Spitfire attack on Tel Aviv but was later rebuilt.

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