The delivery of the first airmail at El Fasherin February 1936. Capt O.P. Jones, centre, piloted this flight, but thereafter the service was taken over by Capt Taylor, 1st Off (later Capt) Cass and the author as flight engineer.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Refuelling D.H.86 Daedalus at Kano, Nigeria, in 1936.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

G-ACWC Delia, one of the two Imperial Airways D.H.86s used on the Khartoum-Lagos route in 1936-37, for which the author doubled as flight and ground engineer in addition to acting as steward and looking after the food for crew and passengers.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Stratis, the ever-smiling Greek “Man Friday” at El Geneina, standing in front of D.H.86 G-ADCN Daedalus.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

D.H.86 Delia being serviced at Khartoum in the only hangar on the trans-African route in 1936. Note the Imperial Airways coach in the background.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934