Saeb Sabry al-Safi

Saeb Sabry al-Safi al-Arkoub (1936–1959) was one of the Iraqi pilots who participated in the Shawaf coup in 1959 against Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Qasim.

Early life Saeb Sabry al-Safi was born in 1936, He was the sixth of eleven children born to Sabri Ahmed Al-Safi (1900–1953 ) and his wife Marziya Muhammad Saleh Al-Masry (1904–1985 ).

Shawaf coup after 14 July Revolution, many parties in Iraq fought against each other, and that led to attempt coup d'état on 7 March 1959, known as the Mosul uprising. Al-Safi participated in that coup, his duty was to bomb Radio Baghdad station on March 8. The raid failed, with the planes doing little damage.

Death by committing suicide On his return to the airbase he realised that the coup had failed, so he attempted to flee to Syria. His plane however ran out of fuel and upon landing he committed suicide rather than being captured.