Ну, я просто читал статью, как на этих "недосамолетах" израильские пилоты успешно воевали с англичанами, и побеждали.

Самолет не сильно хорошо характеризовался израильскими пилотами, но БЫЛ боеспособным истребителем.
Так что, упоминания о его "недомессеровости" имхо несправедливо.
Скорей:
"The pilots demanded to return to Israel despite having very little flight training and no weapons training, and on May 20, 1948, a C-54 Skymaster containing the first S.199 landed at Tel-Nof AFB."
То есть, скорей ситуация напоминала 42 год в СССР.



"The first weeks of fighting had not gone well for the newly born Israel Defense Forces, with an Egyptian armored column progressing on Tel-Aviv and threatening to destroy the newly born state, while enemy aircraft roamed the skies unchallenged, bombing Israeli cities. And so it was that on the evening of May 29, with four assembled planes and another five in various stages of completion, that Israel's first fighter squadron first went into action. Four S.199s took off from Tel-Nof, where the fighters were based, to attack the Egyptian forces headed for Tel-Aviv. The fighters descended on the surprised Egyptians and began to bomb and strafe them but one crashed before completing his mission. Despite losing a valuable fighter, the attack had achieved its goal — although inflicting very little damage and a small number of casualties, it had a great psychological effect which halted the enemy's advance and allowed ground forces to organize and go on the offensive.

Within days, the newly arrived fighters had participated in attacks on all fronts and were instrumental in pushing back the invading Arab armies. With another S.199 lost a day after the first attack, they were more valuable in what they represented than in the actual damage they inflicted — the appearance of an Israeli fighter arm was a complete surprise to Arab commanders and also a great morale boost to the local population. It was on June 3 that the citizens of the young state learned of the existence of a local fighter force, with the first aerial victories of the Israeli Air Force."

Кроме того, надо учесть, что определенную часть пилотов ВВС Израия составляли пилоты из РАФ, летавшие на Спитфайрах, и прикалывавшиеся в немецких коммандах: Индианер и Ахтунг, спитфайр!