First airman killed in Abyssinian war given military funeral ._x000D_
The first airman killed in the Abyssinian war , Sergeant Birngo Dalmazio , a 24 year old flight sergeant and mechanic of the Italian forces who was wounded while on a bombing raid , was buried with full military honours in Asmara . Dalmazio , , who was hit by a dum dum bullet while flying with Lieutenant Sanze on a bombing raid on a decoy native camp in the valley between Enda Micael and Buja , was taken to hospital at Asmara but died from his wounds . _x000D_
Photo shows , the body of Sergeant Brirago Dalmazi being carried by comrades into Asmara Church for the funeral service . _x000D_
28 November 1935_x000D_
- Place Discussed
- Ethiopia 28/11/1935
- Published in
- Ethiopia
- Reference
- https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/3048704
- Rights URI
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Source
- Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2024904/https___www_topfoto_co_uk_asset_3048704