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A large group of 47 airmen, including Ronnie, arranged in four rows. E R Abbott is fourth from the left on the back row.

16 members of an airmen's band playing on stage.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 an armoured car
#2 10 airmen captioned 'The Lads' Aden 1934'.
#3 a formation of three Fairey IIIFs from 8 (B) Squadron.
#4 a March past of 8 (B) Squadron on the King's Birthday.

A full length portrait of a Yemini tribesman. On the reverse 'Tribesman from the hills Aden 1935'.

Aidrus Mosque in Crater. On the reverse 'Mosque at Shail Othman'. [sic]

T Hamilton sitting on a box in front of a Vickers Vincent with another, K4132 visible in the background. On the reverse 'T Hamilton (Murbat)'.

A group of airmen dressed in shorts, khaki and pith helmets, watched by boys.

Front and back album covers. The front is printed 'Snappy Snaps' and handwritten 'Or Kormasksar [sic] Station RAF Aden'.

A full length portrait of a woman standing in a garden. On the reverse 'Best of Luck from your loving Mother x' and a Gepruft stamp.

Water is gushing through the old Aswan Dam spillway.

Identification kindly provided by Steven Boisvert André Jans of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook Group.

A row of six men. The airmen are all smoking and are in khaki, shorts and pith helmets. On the reverse 'Taken at As-Sauda (1934)'. E R Abbott is second from the left.

Two men running an Aunt Sally stall. One is dressed as a woman. On the reverse 'Stall at the Khormaksar Fair. No 8 (B) Sqd 1934'.

A stall set up with an Aunt Sally game. It is decorated with RAF roundels and wings and the words 'Can you drop 'em?' Try it'.

Bearers preparing food for airmen, at Murbat.
On the reverse 'Bearers at Murbat'. Parts of two aircraft are visible.

Five pages from the album. The photographs that were stuck there have been removed. Some annotation remains.

A blank sheet from the photo album. Four photographs have been removed leaving captions.

A bomb aimer's station showing the cramped location and instruments used. On the reverse 'Bomb Aimer's kitchen (Vickers Vincent)'.

Tents and camels. On the reverse 'Typical native life in Arabia'.

Ten camels on a desert track. On the reverse 'Aden 1935. Camel caravan on desert road'.

A military parade featuring camels in front of military buildings. On the reverse 'Camel Corps (Aden Levee's) King's Birthday (1934)'.

Four photographs from Microphone Mania.
#1 Eight members of the cast of a musical.
On the reverse 'Cast of "Microphone Mania" produced at Khormaksar - 1935 by No 8 (B) Sqd'. ER Abbott is fourth from the right wearing a blazer.
#2 There is a second…

#1 A scene from the play with Cleopatra, Ladies in Waiting and Heralds. On the reverse 'Cleopatra - Slaves - Ladies in Waiting & Heralds. Boat night 1934'.
#2 Cleopatra and her entourage are seated with "Nero" and his guard. On the reverse 'Roman…

The stage set for Cleopatra's Court. On the reverse 'The stage (by day) setting for Cleopatra's Court'.

An upside down Fairey IIIF. Five airmen are in attendance. On the reverse ' "B" Flight crash (No injuries)'.

A crashed biplane watched over by an airman in shorts and pith helmet.
On the reverse 'Crash at Al-Anod (landing Ground - Aden Protectorate) ("P" K1711 Fairey IIIF) (No injuries)'.