Photo believed taken at RAF Heliopolis, now known as Almaza.

Willem van de Poll took photos in Cairo on several occasions. Photo dated by the Beech D18S SU-ADK, which left Wichita on delivery to Egypt on 1 March 1946 and crashed in July 1949. The fate of SU-ABO is unknown. Photo by: Willem van de Poll / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Skymasters acquired by KLM in 1945 received semi-military markings with orange triangle insignia as civil operation was still difficult on the route to the Far East. They were already inscribed in the civil register. NL-309, ex 42-107445, was PH-TAK but the civil mark was probably never applied as the aircraft was sold as G-AJPL in June 1947. Photo by: Willem van de Poll / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Operated by Anglo-Iranian Oil. Returned to the UK and was lost in a midair collision near Staverton on May 3, 1940.

Airmen shelter from the sun at what was then RAF Heliopolis. K4067 went to fight in World War II. It was damaged by Italian anti-aircraft fire at Metemma, Ethiopia, on January 6, 1941. Wrecked in the ensuing forced landing at Doka, Sudan.