The Man Called Brown Condor (39 page)

Photo Credit: T. Simmons Collection

John C. Robinson, as a Captain in the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force (second from left), with French pilots hired by Emperor Haile Selassie.

Photo Credit: T. Simmons Collection

Robinson (left) with French pilots hired by Emperor Haile Selassie. Note the Potez 25 biplane in background.

Photo Credit: John Stoke

Photo Credit: Gwendolyn Woods

Photo Credit: Harold Hurd Collection

Col. Robinson standing beside Junkers W33c transport. Note the Imperial Lion of Judah insignia on side of the aircraft.

Photo Credit: Harold Hurd Collection

Col. Robinson prior to takeoff in Junkers W33c transport.

Photo Credit: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Potez 25 aircraft like the one Col. Robinson flew on patrol

Italian IMAN RO 37 Used by Regia Aeronautica Italiana (Italian Air Force) in Ethiopia.

Sovoia-Marchetti SM 81 bomber.

IMAN RO 37 hunting targets of opportunity over Ethiopia.

Photo credit: T. Simmons Collection

Col. Robinson giving flight orders to Ethiopian pilots.

Italian Army CV 33 Tanketts used in Ethiopia.

Col. Robinson with Beechcraft model B17R Stagerwing in which he flew Emperor Haile Selassie between Addis Ababa and his front lines.