101 Fighter Squadron

Gallery Article by Yoav Efrati on Apr 19 2010

  Israel Independence Day 2010 

 

Israel's oldest fighter squadron is the 101 squadron which was celebrates it's founding on 29 May of each year. In this photo feature I show models built of the squadron's primary fighter plane types which attained special status in the squadron's 62 years of operations. One thing in common to all of these models is the use of decals made by IsraDecal.

 

S-199 Avia "Messerschmitt"  107-ד  Photos 02 - 09

03 June 1948 – two Egyptian Dakota kills

Modi Alon – First air to air kills for the IAF

Model - AML 1/72 scale.

 

S-199 Avia "Messerschmitt"  121-ד  Photos 02 - 09

16 October 1948 – Egyptian Spitfire kill

Operation "Yoav" – first appearance of red & white rudder

Model - AML 1/72 scale.

 

Spitfire Mk.9e no.14  Photos 10 - 13

30 December 1948 – Egyptian Macci 205 kill

Pilot - Jack Doyle

Spitfire 101sq svc 23 July 1948-1951

Model - Hasegawa 1/72 scale.

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P-51D Mustang no.41  Photos 14 - 18 

11 November 1948 – Boris Senior downs Egyptian Dakota

05 January 1949 – Seymour Feldman downs Egyptian Macci 205

P-51D Mustang 101sq svc November 1948-April 1956

Model – Italeri 1/72 scale

 

Mystere IV no.30  Photos 19 -21 

31 October 1956 – Shai Egozi downs two Egyptian Vampires

Mystere IV 101sq svc 05 April 1956 –  November 1961

Model – Matchbox 1/72 scale

 

Mirage IIIC no.59  Photos 22 - 25

14 July 1966 – Yoram Agmon downs Syrian MiG-21F-13

First kill for Mirage, First World kill of a MiG-21

Model - AML 1/72 scale.

 

MiG-21F-13 no.007  Photos 26- 28

05 June 1967 – MiG-21F-13 no.007 used as Hatzor base defender

16 August 1966 – Monir Radfa defects from Iraq

Lands MiG-21F-13 no.534 in Hatzor

Model - Bilik 1/72 scale.

 

IAI Nesher no.565  Photos 29- 30

101sq first to fly Nesher in the IAF

Nesher 101sq svc 13 October 1971 –  November 1975

Model - Heller 1/72 scale.

 

Mirage IIIC no.458 – "Tzniut" Recon nose  Photos 33- 36

"Tzniut" 101sq svc July 1977 – January 1981

Mirage 58 flown by Yoram Geva scored the

last 2 kills for IAF Mirage on 29 April 1974.

Model - AML 1/72 scale.

IAI Kfir C1 no.705  Photos 37-42 101-Kfir no.705

101sq first to fly the Kfir in the IAF

Kfir C1 101sq svc 14 April 1975 – 1978

Model - Hasegawa 1/72 scale.

 

IAI Kfir C2 no.874 41- 46

27 June 1979 – Shai Eshel downs Syrian MiG-21

First and only kill for IAF Kfir

Kfir C2 101sq svc 1978 – April 1987

Model - Hasegawa 1/72 scale.

 

F-16D "Barak 2" no.656  Photos 47- 50

Hi visibility roundels as applied during YR2000

F-16D 101sq svc 21 December 1987 – 23 December 2004

Model – Revell/Hasegawa 1/72 scale.

 

F-16C "Barak 2" no.547  Photos 51- 56

Second Lebanon War  - summer 2006

Stan Andrew's 1948 vintage markings

Reapplied to F-16C block 40 on November 1, 2004

Model – Revell/Hasegawa 1/72 scale.

Yoav Efrati

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Photos and text © by Yoav Efrati