Replaced by Ikeja in 1942, Apapa airport in Lagos is almost forgotten. This photo was certainly taken there, presumably in early 1938, when a similar shot of Dione was published with the following caption: 'The Air Mail at Apapa, Lagos. A weekly air mail and passenger service is now in regular operation between Lagos and London. The service is by Kano and Khartoum.' G-ADFF is to DH.86B standard with auxiliary tailfins, which were fitted in April-May 1937. Damaged here at Lagos on 21 March 1939. Transferred to BOAC and to Egypt in 1940. Impressed as AX760 in 1941. Damaged at Lydda in November 1941 and written off in 1942. Photo by: Edward Duckworth / Northwestern University Libraries, Illinois

Delia was sent Africa in late March 1936. In October 1937 it started a new route between Lagos and Accra on the Gold Coast, operated by Elders Colonial Airways from Freetown. Photo believed taken at Lagos - Apapa. Delia was transferred to the Far East in June 1938. Returned to Africa by BOAC, Delia crashed at Minna, Nigeria on 17 June 1941. Photo by: Edward Duckworth / Northwestern University Libraries, Illinois

This Express was flown out to Khartoum in early 1936 to survey a new air route from Sudan to Nigeria. The source says the photo was taken at Apapa in Lagos and we think this is correct, though flights initially terminated at Kano pending improvement of Apapa. Daedalus was transferred to the Far East in late 1937. It catched fire and burnt at Bangkok in December 1938. Photo by: Edward Duckworth / Northwestern University Libraries, Illinois

K3163 visited Nigeria together with K3611. The trees on the far left are strikingly similar to those in photo 634066, confirming this is Apapa airport in Lagos, then being reclaimed from a swamp. The serial is painted as KR3163, which seems to indicate that this is a rebuilt Victoria. This airframe also appears in photo 633832, in which it looks much the same. Photo by: Edward Duckworth / Northwestern University Libraries, Illinois

'In May [1937]', a Royal Air Force flight visited Nigeria, consisting of 2 Valentia and 5 Vincent type aircraft.' The seven planes are seen flying in formation in other photos by Mr Duckworth. The airport at Kano had opened in 1936 and Apapa aerodrome was being reclaimed from a swamp. The second Valentia is K3163 / N. Photo by: Edward Duckworth / Northwestern University Libraries, Illinois