Contents: The Second Finnish “Twenty-One” – the final part of Marcel Novy’s article on Fokker D.XXI service with the Finnish Air Force in WW II. The author also describes paint schemes and marking and takes look at existing Fokker D.XXI kits. The Israeli Secret – Mystére IVAs in Israeli service. Part 2 is focused on combat missions flown during the Six Day War in June 1967. The article contains a list of Israeli air-to-air victories achieved on the Mystére IVA as well as a list of all Mystére IVAs operated by the IDF/AF. With Doolittle Over Japan – this is the story of William L. Birch, a bombardier of crew No. 11 (flying a B-25 s/n 40-2249, Hari Kari-er), who participated in Doolittle’s raid on Japan April 18, 1942. Photo-album 1939 - 1945 – three pages of the BV 222 Wiking photos. An En-route Flight with an Unexpected End – on June 18, 1944, Unteroffizier Heribert Koller of 5./JG 54 was to ferry his damaged Fw 190 A-6 to Petseri, Estonia, where the mount was to be repaired. However, during the flight he spotted an Il-2 which was attacking a vessel... An Unforgettable Training Sortie – a former Czech navigator recollects a training sortie in an RAF Blackburn Botha flown in December 1941 which ended in crash-landing. Colour Section - a color profile of Charles Nungesser’s Spad XIII, S. 10039 - 3 pages of USMC AV-8B+ Harrier II photos - 3 profiles of Ki-46s - 2 profiles of Ki-27s + a profile of the B-25B, s/n 40-2249, “Hari Kari-er” - an A3 poster of an F-4B Phantom II, modex NK-211, serial 151 143, of VF-142 “Ghostriders” - 2 pages of photos taken aboard USS Constellation (CV-64) - 2 pages of Breguet Br. 1150 walkaround photos - a page of 4 profiles (Il-2, Fw 190 A-6, Yak-9, P-39N) - 4 profiles of La-7s - 2 profiles of S.79s

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