Angles in the Sky

PART ONE: A WAR WAITING TO HAPPEN

Map: UN Partition of Palestine

2A Righteous Cause

3Schwimmer and Company

4Dark Suits and Fedoras

5“How Much Would We Have to Pay You?”

6Service Airways

8Incident in Mexico

9The Great Flyaway

11Meeting the Mule

12“Will They Bomb Tel Aviv Tonight?”

13The Sound of Spitfires

15Or Die Trying

16Where Is Moonitz?

PART TWO: BESIEGED

Map: Arab Invasion

19The Sparrow and the Condor

21Message to Amman

23A Truce of Sorts

24Altalena Burning

25The Guy with the Cape

26The Nazi Revenge

29The Usual Suspects

30The Beaufighter Caper

31Meeting the Red Squadron

PART THREE: FORTUNES OF WAR

Map: Israeli Air Bases

36A Hell of a Ride

37Smoke Over Herzliya

38Maneuver Kill

39The Monster on the Hill

40Faluja Pocket

42Velvetta Redux

43Appointment in Gaza

45Storming the Sinai

46A Hell of a Way to Run a War

47“Right with You, Boy”

48Twisting the Lion’s Tail

49“What a Beautiful Day”

Map: OPS Horev and Uvda

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TIMELINE: ISRAELI WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

AIRCREW OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE KILLED OR MISSING IN THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE