Note the long-range tanks fitted under the top wing. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)

There were several squadrons equipped with DH-9A at Hinaidi. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)

The Vimy-based Vernon filled transport and, if needed, bombing roles in Iraq. By1928 they had been replacing by the Virginia- based Vickers Victoria. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)

The Gloster Nighthawk aka Gloster Mars VI was a continuing development of the ABC Dragonfly powered Nieuport Nighthawk. Gloster took over the design as the Gloster Mars which evolved into the Sparrowhawk. Either powered by Bristol Jupiter or Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar radials, 29 Nighthawk/Mars VIs converted from Nieuports. Jupiter engine in photo. Three of the 29 were sent to Iraq for testing in 1923. This photo is believed to be one of that trio. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)

George Pelletier d'Oisy during his attempt to reach Tokyo. The flight came unstuck when his aircraft crashed at Shanghai. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)

Flown by António Jacinto da Silva Brito Pais and José Manuel Sarmento de Beires in an attempt to fly from Lisbon to Macau, then a Portuguese colony. Crashed in India on May 7. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)