Delivered on 29 June 1960 and here with transitional titles between Misrair and United Arab Airlines. On 28 July 1963 it was destroyed when it crashed into the sea on approach to Bombay (VABB).

Misr Airlines, a company run by Airwork in Britain, started services from Cairo to the new airport at Lydda on 3 August 1935. Flights continued to Cyprus, Haifa or Baghdad. On the right is a Short S-16 Scion of Palestine Airways, VQ-PAB. Photo from: Library of Congress

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)

The British pilot checking how the locals refuel his plane. Photo from: Library of Congress

Detail of an overview similar to photo 135779. The Egyptian airline was very much a British affair. This Dragon Rapide, delivered in September 1935, crashed near Port Sudan in 1941. Photo by: Zoltan Kluger / National Photo Collection of Israel

Photo via John Havers Collection. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

In the late 1930s Misr built up a network of services across the Middle East from its base in Cairo using a fleet of DH86 Expresses and DH89 Rapides.