"On 22 September 1918, a Handley Page bombing biplane which had flown out from England was ordered to proceed to the Sherifan HQ with supplies of petrol for two Bristol Fighter biplanes which had been attached to the Sherifan forces." image: A Handley Page bomber aircraft has landed in a desert. It is surrounded by a group of Sherifan mounted troops; those in the foreground gallop past to celebrate its arrival.