This DC-3, ex 5B-CBD, was displayed on a roundabout in Jeddah from the 1980s until 2007. Many roads near the new airport in Jeddah were improved then, and several preserved aircraft along those roads were removed. These remained unreported for more than 10 years, and were assumed to have been scrapped. But with the help of Kev Perry I managed to locate this DC-3 in a compound in the Ar Rabwah district in Jeddah. Part of the wings are removed but are still there in the same compound. There are also a Vampire and a Texan here, see my other photo.

This DC-3, ex 5B-CBD, was displayed on a roundabout in Jeddah from the 1980s until 2007. Many roads near the new airport in Jeddah were improved then, and several preserved aircraft along those roads were removed. These remained unreported for more than 10 years, and were assumed to have been scrapped. But with the help of Kev Perry I managed to locate this DC-3 in a compound in the Ar Rabwah district in Jeddah. Part of the wings are removed but are still there in the same compound. There are also a Vampire and a Texan here, see my other photo.

Ex RAF FD901. Served BEA from Oct.1949 / August 1964. Leased to Cambria Airways. Then later registered in Cyprus as 5B-CBD. Photographed here in my home City Cardiff in 1967.

Ex RAF FD901, being interned in neutral Portugal in October 1943. Served BEA October 1949 until August 1964, latterly leased to Cambrian Airways. Later to 5B-CBD. USAAF C-47A