Blog Smith: Israeli Pilots Fly German Messerschmitts

The only four (4) airplanes Israel had when the war of independence began were smuggled from Czech Republic. They were German "Messerschmitt 109". They were assembled overnight in Tel Aviv and were never flight tested. This is a short video about their pilots.

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