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 Alexandros Karamanlakis

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Alexandros Karamanlakis

Birth
Istanbul, Türkiye
Death
29 Aug 1912 (aged 24)
Regional unit of Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece
Burial
Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Memorial ID
170519828 View Source

Journalist and aviator - the first fatality of Greek aviation.

Journalist and aviator - the first fatality of Greek aviation.


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Translated from Greek:

BORN IN CONSTANTINOPLE ON 18 JA-
NUARY 1888 AND TRAVERSING FROM PHALERON TO
PATRAS ON 29 AUGUST 1912 FELL
BY THE VILLAGE OF STOMION AND AT A DISTANCE OF FIVE
HUNDRED METRES FROM THE COAST AVIATOR
ALEXANDROS KARAMANLAKIS
HAVING THE GREEK HEIGHT RECORD OF 3100 METRES
FIRST VICTIM OF GREEK AVIATION 193st
OF WORLD AVIATION.
EVRIDIKI KARAMANLAKI.

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