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Not long before the war of 1948,Mato Dukovac defect to Italy in a Po-2, after that, he basically lived in a refugee camp, he wanted to settle down in North America, but he was broke, had no money. Since Israel and some Arab conturies were recruiting pilots with WWII combat experience, since he served at Axis side, he was politically unacceptable for Israel, so that his only choice was going to Arab side.
As far as I know, Mato Dukovac did not encount Isarelian aircraft in his brief time served in the Syria airforce, after the war, he eventually settled in the Canada