The Man Called Brown Condor presented to the President of Ethiopia…

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THE MAN CALLED BROWN CONDOR by Tom Simmons being presented to the president of Ethiopia, His Excellence Girma Wolde-Giorgis   by Yaw Frederick L. Davis.

THE MAN CALLED BROWN CONDOR

The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot

The forgotten true story of American war hero John Charles Robinson, a.k.a. The Brown Condor of Ethiopia.

Robinson’s struggles to overcome the racial prejudice that all but closed the field of aviation to Blacks. His outstanding success in accomplishing his dream of flying, his influence toward the establishment of a school of aviation at Tuskegee Institute (there would have been no Tuskegee Airmen without him) and his courageous wartime service in Ethiopia during the Italian invasion in 1935 are brought to life.

It was during Robinson’s service to Ethiopia that he took to the air in opposition to the first Fascist invasion of what would become World War II. This remarkable American Hero may have been the first American to oppose Fascism in combat.

Tom Simmons is the author of three books to date: Forgotten Heroes of WWII, Escape From Archangel and By Accident of Birth. He has also written numerous magazine articles, an example of which, Growing Up With Mr. Faulkner, was published in The Oxford American, a literary magazine founded by John Grisham.

THOMAS E. SIMMONS grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi, and attended Marion Military Institute, the US Naval Academy, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of Alabama. He has been a pilot since the age of sixteen and participated in air shows, flying aerobatics in open-cockpit biplanes. In the late 1950s, he served as an artillery officer in Korea. He lives in Gulfport, Mississippi.

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