The first African pilot was Somali

[mohammdov]

As I heard, his father joined the Ottoman military in the 1870s When the Ottomans were on the northern coast , moved to Iraq and served there
Ahmet Ali Çelikten He is the Ottoman plane. He served in the Ottoman army, in the Ottoman Navy, then in the Turkish Navy, in the Ottoman Navy, then in the Turkish Armed Forces from (1908 to 1949 ). Ahmed Ali knew the first black pilots in the history of the world.

His grandchildren live in Izmir

 

[Three Moons]

He is the grandchild of an Ottoman slave from Nigeria. Nothing to do with Somalia.

 

[mohammdov]

He is the grandchild of an Ottoman slave from Nigeria. Nothing to do with Somalia.

This is on his mother's side She was a free woman, not a slave , not his father's side
His father was Somali , Isaaq, Sacad muuse,cabdle Sacad, reer shirwac