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Messerschmitt Bf 109 (view source)
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, 22:10, September 28, 2008→Israel: This and previous minor edits today consolidated naming conventions
===Israel===
===Israel===
Ironically, the Me-109 was the first fighter plane in the air force of the new Jewish state of [[Israel]]. 24 Czech-built Bf-109s were delivered in April 1948 and went into action in late May. On June 3, 1948, an Israeli-piloted Me-109 shot down two Egyptian bombers for the first aerial victories ever for the IAF. The [[Hebrew]] name for the plane was ''Sakin'' (“knife”).<ref>[http://www.iaf.org.il/Templates/Aircraft/Aircraft.IN.aspx?lang=EN&lobbyID=69&folderID=78&subfolderID=182&docfolderID=182&docID=18140 Avia S-199 Messerschmitt at the official IAF website]</ref> Later in the war, the Messerschmitts served alongside their WWII nemesis, the Supermarine Spitfire.
Ironically, the Bf-109 was the first fighter plane in the air force of the new Jewish state of [[Israel]]. 24 Czech-built Bf-109s were delivered in April 1948 and went into action in late May. On June 3, 1948, an Israeli-piloted Bf-109 shot down two Egyptian bombers for the first aerial victories ever for the IAF. The [[Hebrew]] name for the plane was ''Sakin'' (“knife”).<ref>[http://www.iaf.org.il/Templates/Aircraft/Aircraft.IN.aspx?lang=EN&lobbyID=69&folderID=78&subfolderID=182&docfolderID=182&docID=18140 Avia S-199 Messerschmitt at the official IAF website]</ref> Later in the war, the Messerschmitts served alongside their WWII nemesis, the Supermarine Spitfire.
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