NitroX
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I believe the hunter is Italo Balbo with a 120 pound tusker taken in Somalia
Another image showing Italo Balbo with the tusks
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John
Thanks for sharing those great photos.
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IronBuck
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That is an amazing tusker! What time period are the photos from?
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At a guess the `50`s,how about trying to walk in those boots and joddies?
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Will
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What an ancient elephant. Look at those wrinkles.
Thanks for the photos.
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NitroX
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Italo Balbo was a famous Italian pilot pre-WW2. In fact a flight of 24 planes in formation is called a "Balbo" in aurfaring terms. One of his exploits was to lead a flight of 24 seaplanes on Lake Michigan in front of 100,000 people for the 1933 Chicago World Fair. Later he went on to become the Marshall of the Italian Air Force.
The elephant was hunted in Jubaland of Italian Somalialand in 1938.
What a magnificent beast. I also was amazed at how ancient the old tusker looked in the first photo.
A grand old man of the bush.
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Wow. That elephant is huge.
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SafariHunt
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Gone are the good all days 
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NitroX
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BTTT
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lancaster
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interesting that there was a time when the somali's dont had kill anything
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Ben
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Congratulations to Balbo, then!
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crkennedy1
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I wonder what elephant meat tastes like?
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Thanks for sharing.
Great to look at old photos like these.
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NitroX
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Quote:
I wonder what elephant meat tastes like?
I've only had it as a spicy biltong.
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