When Israelis fought the British (Spitfire vs Spitfire, 1949)

7 January 1949, the last day of the first Arab-Israeli War. A flight of four British Spitfires takes off from their base in Egypt to monitor the situation along the border between Egypt and Israel. They are attracted by black smoke along the road so they decide to investigate and take some photos. This decision would have serious consequences as a flight of two Israeli Spitfires flown by non-Jewish volunteers would mistake the British planes for Egyptian ones. Sources: Bill Norton - 75 Years of the Israeli Air Force Volume 1 https://amzn.to/3SHUiSL Shlomo Aloni - Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1948 War https://amzn.to/3CgnPMj Alex Yofe - Spitfire Mk.IX in the Israeli Air Force Service 1948 - 1956 https://amzn.to/3Ci1ga0 Peter Caygill - Ultimate Spitfires https://amzn.to/3V4UUn3 Robert Gandt - Angels in the Sky: How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel https://amzn.to/3Me1V0A Tim McElhaw - Oral History https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it... Spitfire vs Spitfire - Aerial Combat in Israel's War of Independence https://www.historynet.com/spitfire-v... Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/showt... Support the channel on Patreon:   / showtime112   Join our Discord server:   / discord   Audio mastering by Don Solaris http://www.donsolaris.com/ Music by SergeQuadrado from Pixabay #militaryaviationhistory #israeliairforce #spitfire