Collections – RAF Museum Collections

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

Photographs, P006448

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

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.

Portrait photograph of Squadron Leader John Allman Hemingway, Commanding Officer of No. 43 Squadron, April 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P008037

John Allman Hemingway was identified as the last surviving pilot who served during the Battle of Britain in 1940. He flew Hawker Hurricane aircraft with No. 85 Squadron RAF.

bust-length portrait of a pilot in RAF uniform, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Boulton Paul Balliol T.2 prototype (VW897), July 1948

Photographs, P006436

The Balliol was designed by Boulton Paul Aircraft of Wolverhampton to fulfil Air Ministry Specification T7/45. This called for a replacement of the wartime North American Harvard trainer.

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

Photographs, P006449

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.