Andover XS611 landing at Salalah. SOAF Beaver on the right.
Curtiss C-46 Commando N9588Z at Salalah. She was part of the fleet of the JW Mecom Oil Company based at Midway/Thumrait up on the jebel north of Salalah. The star of the fleet was Douglas B-23 Dragon N86E. There was also a Lockheed Lodestar N5231N and two Fairchild C-82 Packets N127E and N128E. The latter aircraft was shot down by Migs over Egypt when it was caught in Egyptian airspace without diplomatic clearance.
Anyway, when I took this photograph, the starter motor on the port engine of the Commando was broken. Two chaps are pulling the prop through whilst the guy in the cockpit is priming the engine. A short time later, the askaris who can be seen on the left were co-opted to pull on a rope with a bit of sacking on the end and attached to one of the propeller blades and told to run. The engine started straight away!