F-AJAI flew in the Middle East with Air France and the Société des Transports du Proche-Orient (STPO). In 1937 it was bought by Capt Georges Goumin, who served at Rayak in Lebanon. Goumin was recalled to France in 1938 and led a group of pilots escaping to England in 1940. Wearing the cream and orange colours of STPO with the logo of the Aéro-Club Maurice Noguès in Damascus, F-AJAI is seen during a trip to Luxor. The pilot here may still be Goumin, even if the given 1939 date is correct, according to researcher Michel Barrière. Registration allegedly stricken in April 1939. In 1942 the aircraft served with the Free French forces as FL-AUM. Photo from: Gérald Garitan

Prototype of the Farman F190 which made its first flight in July 1928. On December 31, 1938, the aircraft, following defects in the covering, was permanently banned from flying. 126 of this aircraft type were produced. Photo from A.Littolff family album and published with her permission.

CV was for Romania. Also painted on the rear fuselage is number 51 - likely the CoR number. According to French publicist Michel Barrière, this aircraft used to be F-AJHZ of Air Service which took Prince Carol back to Romania in June 1930 to ascend the throne in a coup d'état, unknown to its French pilot. Certainly CV-RAC was put on display in 1932 as 'the aircraft that brought King Carol back'. Other sources give c/n 7122/12, ex F-AIZR. Photo from: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

Prototype of the successful F.190 four-passenger airliner and air taxi. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives