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(MILITARY.) Julian, Colonel Hubert. "I Tell the Truth about Ethiopia." Printed broadside, 12x8 1/2 inches with large photograph of Colonel Julian (The "Black Eagle"), Former Chief of Air Staff, Ethiopia in the center. Np [New York?], circa 1931
Hubert Fauntleroy Julian was born in Trinidad. He attended school in England, relocating to Montreal after the outbreak of World War I. He was inspired to become a pilot after his first flight as WWI hero Billy Bishop's passenger. He moved to New York in 1921 and, by many accounts, became the first person of color to get a pilot's license in the United States. During the Italian invasion in 1935, Julian flew to Ethiopia to aid in the defense of Haile Selassie's government. There he was put in command of the Ethiopian airforce, which at the time consisted of 3 planes.
