The first thing that hit my mind when I saw the guy in the plane was "Porco Rosso"!

Artist's commentary:

Title: ジェット戦闘機と魔法使い
「きゃっ」
「お、魔女か。この国の空にも魔女が帰ってきたのか……」

■飛行士は驚いて逃げる魔法使いを笑顔で見送りながら、今見たことは誰にも言うまいと心に決めていた。
党に知られたら最後、秘密警察が大挙して近隣の村々に押し寄せることが分かっていたからである。
白ロシア、1956年9月。

Title: A jet fighter and a witch
"Aargh!"
"Oh, a witch. Witches are back in the skies of this country too, are they...?"

• The pilot watched the surprised, escaping witch with a smile, thinking to himself that he wouldn't tell anyone what he'd just seen. This was because he knew that if it was known to the party, the secret police would advance on the surrounding villages in force.

Belarus, September 1956.

Ah good job comrade, you save a witch...