Haki Abaz Skuqi, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Haki Abaz Skuqi

Albanian pilots

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1958

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1986

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Albania

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Haki Abaz Skuqi (1 March 1958 – 22 October 1986) was a decorated Albanian pilot and crew commander of the Kuçova Regiment.Skuqi was born in Lekaj, a small village near Kavajë in the present-day Rrogozhinë municipality.
He graduated from the Air Force Academy of Tirana and served as a Mig-19 fighter pilot.
During a routine flight on 22 October 1986 his plane suffered a serious breakdown and crashed, killing him instantly.
Skuqi was declared "Martyr of the Nation" by a Council of Ministers decree no.228 dated 22.04.1996 and his body lays rest in the Martyrs Cemetery in Tirana.