 Some of Avia fighters were dismantled and flown to Israel in transport airplanes.Some of the deliveries were not finished until after cessation of hostilities.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.