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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