A GOOD STORY NOT KNOWN BY MANY.
The only four (4) airplanes Israel had when the war of independence began were smuggled from Czech Republic . They were German “Messerschmidt 109”. They were assembled overnight in Tel Aviv and were never flight tested.This is a short video about their pilots.
Watch it. You will not be disappointed.
P.S. Contrary to popular perception (by the people who do not know history), the United States ‘ assistance to Israel during the war of independence was quite different.
Americans were not allowed to join the fight and arms embargo has been established and enforced by the FBI.
At the same time Arab armies were very well supplied by the same countries who maintained arms embargo against Israel and of course had great advantage in manpower.
Watch this video
http://vimeo.com/54400569