The airport in Gaza was at times a stop on KLM's East Indies route. Geologist Heim was travelling to the Himalayas. Photo by: Arnold Heim / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

Taken from the window of a Royal Jordanian Airlines Handley Page Herald operating a domestic flight to Amman nine months before the Six-Day War of 1967 when Jordan lost the West Bank territories including Jerusalem-Atarot Airport.

The HP.45 was designated HP.42W by Imperial Airways and initially served on the airline's western (European) routes. Photo taken by an American photographer based in Jerusalem. Two camels can be discerned in the background! Photo from: Library of Congress

This aircraft was used as a communications aircraft operating (mainly) from Jerusalem throughout the UNTSO mission area and also to Cyprus from 1973 until 1996.

7133 of 1 Sqn was shot down on July 13, 1917 during the Palestine Campaign of World War I. The campaign pitted British Empire forces against the Ottoman Empire. Deir-el-Belah airfield was in Gaza and the base for 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps. Photo from: National Library of Australia