Real Air Spitfire IX Israel Defence Air Force #26 2016-12-30

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Real Air Spitfire IX Israel Defence Air Force #26 - Repaint for the Spitfire Mk.IX by Real Air

This folder contains a repaint for the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX by Real Air.

It shows Spitfire IX 2011 #26 was one of the 60 Spitfires that Israel bought in Czechoslowakia for $23.000 in 1948. They were ferried to Israel via Yugoslavia, where they were refuelled before embarking on a 2250 km trip over the Mediterranean to reach Israel. Operation Velvetta was the codename of these secret ferry flights.

On arrival in Israel, the Ocean Grey RAF paint was over-painted in brown, and the...

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