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A Morane Saulnier Type H, the first aeroplane to fly across the Mediterranean sea. This monoplane was piloted by Roland Garros, a French pilot. The same machine was flown up the River Nile from Cairo to Khartoum by Marc Pourpe who was, at one time, in Australia. The machine was housed in Colonel Watt's hangar in Egypt.
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Oswald Watt's aeroplane in Egypt, seen in front of a hangar flying a Union Jack on the flagpole. The Bleriot XI two seater was the first British plane and pilot to fly in Egy
A 'home made' gun carriage which can be placed behind a fast motor. It was constructed by the men of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Wing based on Tenedos Island, which took part in the operations
Feluccas (a type of boat common around the Mediterranean) by the banks of the River Nile in Old Cairo. Their cargo of timber has been unloaded on the river bank for use by troops.
Egypt, 1944-02. Members of No. 451 Squadron RAAF setting up camp beds between two of the squadron's trucks, probably during the move of squadron ground staff from El Daba to Almaza near Cairo. At the
CREW CHIEF, STAFF SERGEANT ROBERT F. HENDRIKSEN SUPERVISES THE FINAL ENGINE CHECK OF A MITSUBISHI A6M3, NAVY TYPE O MODEL 32 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT BEFORE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REBUILT BY THE TECHNICAL A
Cairo, Egypt. C. 1943-06. 16655 Sergeant C. D. Curnow of SA (left), with Pilot Officer Vertican and Flying Officer Tempest of the RAF collecting cushions at the start of their steamer trip up the Nile
