Egypt. Three photograph albums of RAF service in Egypt, c.1937-8. 3 albums, oblong folio (various dimensions), one in simulated snakeskin (some wear), two in limp tan leather with coloured Egyptian-themed vignettes to front covers (the Pyramids of Giza and the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at Port Said), containing in total approx. 390 gelatin silver prints corner-mounted rectos and versos on black card album leaves, personal snapshots and studio prints, various dimensions (90 x 60 mm to 240 x 180 mm), manuscript captions in white ink to mounts throughout, a few RAF menus also included, and 10 related photographs and a gilt-braided RAF cap badge laid in (qty: 3)

The photographer was evidently stationed at RAF Abu Sueir near Port Said. The photographs depict views, street scenes and the photographer’s fellow officers in Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, Karnak, Lake Timsah, Ismailia; many show life on base in Abu Sueir. There are numerous photographs of crashed planes, two images captioned ‘Natives of the Ghikuyo tribe’, and two captioned ‘Headhunters and some native girls’. There are also coastal views of Malta.