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Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21 (VR599), October 1952

Photographs, P006450

The Balliols ordered by the Royal Navy in 1950 were fitted with naval features such as an arrester hook that the RAF aircraft did not have. The engine fitted to this T.21 prototype is a later variant of the famous Rolls Royce Merlin.

Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21 (VR599), October 1952, RAF Museum

Gloster Meteor NF.14 aircraft of No. 152 Squadron in flight, 14 June 1955

Photographs, In Storage, P100009

Gloster Meteor NF.14 aircraft of 152 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 14 June 1955.

Gloster Meteor NF.14 aircraft of No. 152 Squadron in flight, 14 June 1955 | P100009, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIb aircraft of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga, 1941 during Operation Benedict

Photographs, In Storage, P031209

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern part of the Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

An aircraft in the snow in northern Russia, 1941, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

The lounge interior of rigid airship, R101, around 1929

Photographs, In Storage, X003-2674/019

The ornate lounge interior of the ill-fated R101 airship which was to crash with the lost of 48 crew and passengers on the 5 October 1930.

monochrome image showing ornate well made furniture in a large art deco setting, RAF Museum

Amelia Earhart coming ashore by launch, Southampton 19 June 1928

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/4727/6

In June 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the the Atlantic in an aircraft.

Female pilot climbing from a motor launch onto a slipway., Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection / RAF Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928

Photographs, In Storage, P008877

Supermarine Southampton Mk I (N9899) of No. 480 (CR) Flight was badly damaged during a gale at RAF Calshot on 23 November 1928

Supermarine Southampton Mk. I (N9899), No. 480 (CR) Flight, starboard front view on beaching trolley, badly damaged after being wrecked in gale, Calshot, circa November 1928 | P008877, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum

Amelia Earhart, Commander Wilmer Stultz and others, Southampton, 19 June 1928

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/4727/9

In June 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the the Atlantic in an aircraft. The pilot for the flight was Wilmer Stultz and the flight mechanic was Louis Gordon.

Formal group photograph of two pilots and other civilians, on a dock., Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection / RAF Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Sopwith Snipe (E6655 B) of No. 1 Squadron, starboard front view in flight, inverted, Iraq, about 1926

Photographs, In Storage, P008406

Sopwith Snipe (E6655 B) of No. 1 Squadron being flown inverted by Dermot Alexander Boyle (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Boyle), Iraq, about 1926.

Sopwith Snipe (E6655 B) of No. 1 Squadron, starboard front view in flight, inverted, Iraq, about 1926 | P008406, RAF Museum

English Electric Canberra PR.3 (WE139) of No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit on its last flight, April 1969

Photographs, In Storage, P013228

English Electric Canberra PR.3 (WE139) of No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit made its last flight in April 1969, flying from RAF Bassingbourn to the RAF Museum store at RAF Henlow.

English Electric Canberra PR.3 (WE139) of No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit on its last flight, April 1969 | P013228, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum

Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf, VC

Photographs, In Storage, PC76/23/35

As a pilot in 1941, Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf was the only member of the RAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross for service in East Asia during the Second World War

Portrait of a man in RAF pilot's uniform, Crown