Modi Alon
Mordechai "Modi" Alon | |
|---|---|
| Native name | מרדכי "מודי" אלון |
| Born | 17 January 1921 |
| Died | 16 October 1948 (aged 27) |
| Buried | Nahalat Yitzhack Cemetery, Tel Aviv |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom (1940–1945) Israel (1948) |
| Branch | Royal Air Force (1940–1945) Israeli Air Force (1948) |
| Service years | 1940–1948 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Commands | 101 Squadron |
| Conflicts | World War II 1948 Arab-Israeli War † |
Mordechai "Modi" Alon (Hebrew: מרדכי "מודי" אלון; 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. Flying the Avia S-199, Alon participated in the IAF's first combat sortie on 29 May 1948, and on 3 June scored the IAF's very first aerial victories, downing a pair of Royal Egyptian Air Force C-47s over Tel Aviv.