I remember the pale blue paintwork well, having spent half of every month flying from Sharjah from 1959 to 1961.
Have you heard about the weird character, reputedly an illegitimate son of the Sheikh, who used to appear with a pair of marshalling bats and cause chaos with Gulf Aviation arrivals in 1959 and 60? If he got there first he would marshal Doves and Herons into awkward positions where the pilots were unable to taxi out to the runway without being manhandled by RAF ground crew..
This photo might be of interest to you.
