New "Flying Camel", Aramco airplane arrives in

Dhahran,!952.

Group of people looking to the airplane "The Flying Camel" after landing in

Dhahran 1950's

Airplane interior. Going to Dhahran. 1947.

KLM DC-4 Plane crash; From left: Herman westerhuis, KLM section chief; Chuck Mead, (crane & rigging); Dexter Carpenter, Douglas Aircraft Rep.; K.R. Webster, Dhahran District Manager; Bob Lugten, KLM

technician. Three Aramco cranes lift the giant KLM DC-4 onto a truck bed near Qatif where the plane crashed

on January 2,1953.

Aramco's Kenworth tops the first sand dune on the way to Dhahran with its unique load of airplane .KLM technicians and Aramco riggers keep a weather eye out for

any signs of trouble. This low angle shot shows the slight damage apart from bent props and flaps suffered by the plane when it was set down in the desert at 2 a.m.

on January 2,1953.

 

Saudi soldiers guard wreckage of KLM Dc-4 commercial flight near Qatif on Friday morning, January 2nd, before any hoisting operations. None of the 66 passengers

were injured. Qatif, December,1952.

The personnel of camp No.4, the Lorry Camp,"Strike a Pyramidal Pose." Jerry Harris stands at the far left

and Tom Barger at the far right, 1938

A Polo game using donkeys.Ras Tanura, 1950s.

Boy Scouts preparing to board an Aramco plane,

1949.

A class at the   American  School  in Dhahran, 1948.

Shoppers at the check out center of the

Dhahran Commissary, 1950s.

The Community Center consisted of a commissary, canteen, post office, and laundry. A view of the Dhahran  Headquarters Office Building  is in

the background, 1952.