Ahmet Ali (Arap Ahmet)
Ahmet Ali Çelikten (born İzmirli Alioğlu Ahmed; 1883 – 1969), also known as İzmirli Ahmet Ali (English: Ahmet Ali from Izmir), was an Ottoman-born Afro-Turkish aviator who was one of the first black pilots in aviation history. He was certainly the first black male fighter pilot, having received his “wings” in 1914. He was one of the few black pilots in World War I, like African American Eugene Jacques Bullard (flying for France), William Robinson Clarke from Jamaica (flying for Britain), Pierre Réjon from Martinique (flying for France) and Domenico Mondelli from Eritrea (flying for Italy). Ahmet's maternal grandmother was born in Bornu (now in Nigeria) and was brought to what is now Turkey as part of the Ottoman slave trade.
You can find people similar to Ahmet Ali (Arap Ahmet) by visiting our lists Black aviators and Nigerian people of World War I.
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