Like the Spitfire and B-17, the Beech Bonanza had a role in the creation of the Israeli Air Force. Unlike the Spits and Forts, it has returned to IDF service in the twenty-first century.
In May, 1948, South African Zionist Boris Senior purchased one of the first production Bonanzas and flew it to what was then the Palestine mandate. Among other things, he stopped to refuel in none other than Luxor, Egypt, then veered from his declared destination of Beirut and landed at a clandestine field run by the nascent aviation branch of the Haganah. There it was rigged with bomb racks and, reportedly, a side-firing machine guns in time for independence on May 15th. It was actually the fastest plane in the new IDF until the first real warplanes arrived later in the month. It was involved in many operations, including the successful attack on an Egyptian naval force that was preparing a seaborne landing near (or perhaps in) Tel Aviv. Two more early Bonanzas arrived later in the year. ¹
More than 50 years later, the IDF acquired several examples of the current A-36 Bonanza for general liaison and light transport work.

¹ An Illustrated Guide to the Israeli Air Force by Bill Gunston, 1982. (Author Gunston was involved in Senior’s flight from South Africa to Israel.)