Mordechai "Modi" Alon (17 January 1921 – 16 October 1948) was an Israeli fighter pilot who with the formation of the Israeli Air Force in May 1948, assumed command of its first fighter squadron.

Israeli pilot Mordechai “Modi” Alon, flying the number two aircraft, swerved off the runway at Ekron in what would be the first of many S-199 gear-demolishing ground loops.

Modi Alon was one of the original pilots of Sherut Avir's Tel Aviv Squadron, which formed in December 1947. The 27-year-old Alon was chosen to be one of the ten pilots to attend S-199 …

May 29, 2023 · There were four pilots on the four planes from 101 Squadron, the first fighter squadron of the IDF that was formed during the battles of the War of Independence: Modi …

Four of these flew the squadron's first mission on 29 May 1948, strafing the Egyptian ground forces near Ad Halom, in the prelude to Operation Pleshet. 101 Squadron was responsible for …

Nov 26, 2019 · Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) Mordechai ‘Modi’ Alon was an Israeli fighter pilot who with the formation of the Israel Air Force (IAF), in May 1948, assumed command of its first …

May 30, 2023 · The third pilot was Modi Alon, an Israeli-born pilot who had volunteered for the Royal Air Force during the British Mandate of Palestine. And the fourth was Eddie Cohen, a …

Two Egyptian C-47 bombers had just dropped their bomb loads over Tel Aviv and began making their way home when they were attacked by a lone S.199. It was "D-120" piloted by Modi Alon, …

Aug 22, 2021 · Above and Beyond follows the compelling story of the handful of Israeli and foreign-born Jewish pilots who flew the copycat Me 109 against Arab armies during the 1948 …

May 5, 2015 · Pilots Lou Lenart, Gideon Lichtman and Modi Alon. In 1948, the new nation of Israel seemed to face certain destruction after the British pulled out of Palestine. Above and …