Only eighteen Spitfires reached Israel prior to end of war by direct flight from Czechoslovakia during operations Velvetta 1 in September (6 planes) and Velvetta 2 in December 1948 (12 planes), both operations with a refueling stop in Yugoslavia.
Iba osemnásť stíhačiek Spitfire dosiahlo Izrael pred koncom vojny 1948 priamym letom z Česko-Slovenska (operácia Velvet 1 v septembri (6 lietadiel) a Velvet 2 v decembri 1948 (12 lietadiel), obe operácie s čerpacou zastávka v Juhoslávii.