Ahmet Ali Çelikten Military person
Ahmet Ali Çelikten, also known as Arap Ahmet Ali or İzmirli Ahmet Ali (born İzmirli Alioğlu Ahmed; 1883–1969), was an Ottoman aviator who may have been the first black military pilot in aviation history and was one of only two black pilots in World War I (the other being Eugene Jacques Bullard). His grandmother came from Bornu (now in Nigeria) to the Ottoman Empire as a slave.
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| Birth date | January 01, 1883 |
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| Date of death | January 01, 1969 |
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| service start | 1908 |
| service end | 1908 |