Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This is Part 2 of our video series covering the air war of the 1956 Suez Crisis, also known as the Second Arab-Israeli War. On the evening before the Israeli invasion of Sinai Peninsula, Israeli Air Force performed an interception which was supposed to decapitate and confuse Egyptian military. The mission remained a secret for 33 years.
British reconnaissance flights over Egypt on 30 October met an unpleasant surprise. Learn all about it in this video.

Watch the first video if you missed it:
youtu.be/FKkIAEZlKuw

Main sources:

- Wings Over Sinai: The Egyptian Air Force During The Sinai War, 1956
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- MiGs in the Middle East Volume 1 - Soviet-Designed Combat Aircraft in Egypt, Iraq & Syria, 1955-1963
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- Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1956 Suez War: 29 October–8 November 1956
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- The IAF Aircraft Series No.07 Gloster Meteor by Amos Dor

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