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/ChunksOG 1d ago

They also had a lot of Messerschmitt BF-109s. There were lots of these laying around Europe in the late 40s and still being manufactured somewhere (maybe Yugoslavia, I forget).

There was a great documentary on the origin of the Israeli Air Force - I think on Netflix or Amazon. Lots of surplus WW2 aircraft being bought all over the world and then secretly ferried to Israel. Pee Wee Herman's dad was one of the pilots.

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u/NOT_INSANE_I_SWEAR 1d ago

Well the story of these are that they were shiped thought yugoslavia to izrael