In medieval romance literature, a knight-errant is a traveller of noble birth in search of adventures in which to exhibit military skill, valour and generosity.
Heli von Rosen tells the story..
He was killed in a Somali attack on Gode in July 1977.
Ultimately, this conflict caused the death of Carl Gustaf von Rosen.
His son Eric and daughter-in-law Heli worked with him for two years, witnessing the revolution, the Red Terror of the military junta, and the growing conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia; both claiming possession of the semi-desert region of Ogaden.
In the early 1970\'s when drought hit Ethiopia, von Rosen launched a method of food drops from the air to starving mountain villagers.
He became personally involved in the Nigerian conflict on the side of the breakaway, starving Biafra, creating a tiny air unit of rocket-armed, 100 HP trainer aircraft, to destroy, on the ground, the aggressive Nigerian military jets flown by mercenaries announcing their presence over Biafra with: "This is Genocide calling", before dropping the bombs.
He started as a Red Cross pilot in Ethiopia during the Italian war of 1935-1936, he built an Air Force for Emperor Haile Selassie from 1946 to 1956, and he experienced the painful birth of new African states after the colonial era.
His forty-year flying career took him to different parts of the world, giving him a bird\'s-eye view of the unfair distribution of global wealth.
Count Carl Gustaf von Rosen was all that, although he did not explicitly look for adventures.
In medieval romance literature, a knight-errant is a traveller of noble birth in search of adventures in which to exhibit military skill, valour and generosity
