Ethiopian aircraft named in honor of the Emperor. DVX

Aircraft dedicated to the Negus Hailè Selassiè

Briefing of Ethiopian pilots, Italo-Ethiopian war 1935 - 36. With no more than 30 operational aircrafts of different types, the Ethiopian Air Force could just cover two kind of missions: reco and fast light bombing. The most anyway were destroyed on ground, but also an handful of dogfight were registered, with 2 or 3 Ethiopian aircrafts downed. Some were captured on ground at the end of the war. Among them a red Junker monoplane, personal aircraft of the Negus. DVX

Ethiopian Air Force pilots

Probably before a mission. Italo-Ethiopian war. DVX