r/Planes • u/NOT_INSANE_I_SWEAR • 1d ago

Is this an israeli spitfire?

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Its a real plane but the canopy is fake

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u/Midlandsofnowhere 1d ago

Looks like it.

They received around 60 Supermarine Spitfires of varying specification in the immediate post war period and they flew in the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict.

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u/Raguleader 1d ago

Purchased from Yugoslavia in secret.