Percival Pembroke

The Pembroke was a development of the Percival Prince civil transport. It had a longer wing to permit a higher fully laden weight. The prototype flew on 21 November 1952. Production was complete in early 1958.

File:Percival Pembroke C.1 WV746 BCCS BLA 09.56.jpg Hampshire in September 1956.]]

It entered service with the Royal Air Force as the Percival Pembroke C.1 in 1953 to replace the Avro Anson for light transport duties. As with other RAF transports, the passenger seats are rearward-facing for improved safety.

Six were produced as the Pembroke C(PR).1 photographic reconnaissance aircraft. These saw use by No. 81 Squadron RAF during the Malayan Emergency. The RAF's Pembrokes were modified to extend their lifespan in 1970. The last unit to use them was No. 60 Squadron RAF based at RAF Wildenrath in Germany, these were withdrawn from use in 1988 and were replaced by the Hawker Siddeley Andover.

The Finnish Air Force operated two aircraft for aerial photography between 1956 and 1968, on behalf of the National Land Survey of Finland. One of the aircraft was destroyed when it hit a snow wall during landing in 1965. The other aircraft is currently stored at the Aviation Museum of Central Finland.Keskinen et al.: Suomen museolentokoneet p. 48, (1981), Forssa, Tietoteos, {{ISBN|951-9035-60-5}}

;P.66 Pembroke C.1

:Communications and transport variant for the RAF, 44 built.

;P.66 Pembroke C(PR).1

:Photographic reconnaissance variant for the RAF, six built and two conversions from C.1.

;P.66 Pembroke C.51

:Export variant for Belgium.

;P.66 Pembroke C.52

:Export variant for Sweden. Swedish military designation Tp 83.

;P.66 Pembroke C.53

:Export variant for Finland.

;P.66 Pembroke C.54

:Export variant for West Germany.

;P.66 Pembroke C.55

:Export variant for Sudan.

;P.66 President

:Civil transport version, five built.

File:Percival Pembroke C.54 Luftwaffe Hermeskeil 23.06.07R.jpg, Hermeskeil, Germany, in June 2007]]

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• Belgian Air Force operated 12 C.51s from 1954 to 1976.

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• Royal Danish Air Force

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• Finnish Air Force

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• Luftwaffe
• German Army
• German Navy

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• Military of Malawi

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• South Rhodesian Air Force operated two C.1 aircraft diverted from Royal Air Force contract.

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• Swedish Air Force

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• Sudanese Air Force

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• Royal Air Force operated 56 aircraft delivered from 1953.
• No. 21 Squadron RAF
• No. 32 Squadron RAF
• No. 60 Squadron RAF
• No. 70 Squadron RAF
• No. 78 Squadron RAF
• No. 81 Squadron RAF
• No. 84 Squadron RAF
• No. 152 Squadron RAF
• No. 207 Squadron RAF
• No. 209 Squadron RAF
• No. 267 Squadron RAF
• Empire Test Pilots' School

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• Zambian Air Force

File:hunting percival p-66 pembroke c1 flying arp.jpg

;Belgium

• RM-4 – On static display at the Brussels Aviation Museum in Brussels.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
• RM-7 – On static display with the Dakota Documentation Centre at Melsbroek Air Base in Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant.{{cite web|title=Welkom bij Dakota|url=http://www.dakota15wing.be/Vzwdakota_NL.html|website=VZW DAKOTA, Documentatiecentrum van de 15 WING|publisher=Dakota VZW|access-date=5 June 2017|language=nl}}

;Finland

• One aircraft is currently stored at the Aviation Museum of Central Finland.

;Germany

• 54+02 – C.54 on static display at the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is painted as D-CAKE.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
• 54+07 – C.54 on static display at the Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow in Gatow, Berlin.{{cite web|title=Hunting Percival P.66 Pembroke C.Mk. 54 (Flugzeugkennungen der Bundeswehr: AS-558, zuletzt 54+07)|url=http://www.museum-digital.de/berlin/index.php?t=objekt&oges=933|website=Museum-Digital|access-date=5 June 2017|date=29 April 2017}}
• 54+08 – C.54 on static display at the Aeronauticum in Nordholz, Lower Saxony.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
• 54+21 – C.54 on static display at the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil in Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate.{{cite web|title=Flugzeuge|url=http://www.flugausstellung.de/flugzeuge.html|website=Flugausstellung|access-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106033641/http://www.flugausstellung.de/flugzeuge.html|archive-date=6 January 2017|language=de}}
• 54+24 – C.54 on static display at the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil in Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate.

;Sweden

• 83007 – Tp 83 on static display at Svedinos Automobile and Aviation Museum in Ugglarp, Halland.{{cite web|title=Aviation Museum|url=http://www.svedinos.se/en/aviationmuseum|website=Svedinos Bil & Flygmuseum|access-date=5 June 2017}}
• 83008 – Tp 83 on static display at the Swedish Air Force Museum in Malmslätt, Östergötland.{{Cite web |url=https://flygvapenmuseum.se/utstallning/tp-83/ |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=4 December 2024 |quote=}}

;United Kingdom

• WV740 – C.1 Not airworthy with Mark Anthony Stott in Exeter, Devon. It is registered as G-BNPH.{{cite web|title=GINFO Search Results [G-BNPH]|url=https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=BNPH|website=Civil Aviation Authority|access-date=5 December 2023

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• WV746 – C.1 on static display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford in Cosford, Shropshire. It was formerly the personal aircraft of the Commander in Chief of the Air Support Command in the 1970s and was modified around that time to carry a wheelchair ramp. It later served with 60 Squadron in Germany in the 1980s.{{cite web|title=Hunting Percival Pembroke C1|url=http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/hunting-percival-pembroke-c1|website=Royal Air Force Museum|publisher=Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum|access-date=5 June 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Simpson|first1=Andrew|title=INDIVIDUAL HISTORY [WV746]|url=http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/1987-0277-A-Pembroke-WV746.pdf|website=Royal Air Force Museum|access-date=5 June 2017|date=2013}}
• XL954 – C.1 airworthy with Air Atlantique in Coventry, West Midlands. It is registered as G-BXES.{{cite web|title=GINFO Search Results [G-BXES]|url=https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=BXES|website=Civil Aviation Authority|access-date=5 June 2017}} It was previously owned by the Classic Air Force.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

;United States

File:Percival Pembroke - Neelyville Missouri.jpg

• XF796 – C(PR).1 airworthy with Dakota Warwick in Carrollton, Georgia.{{cite web|title=FAA REGISTRY [N2692U]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N2692U|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=5 June 2017}}{{Needs verification|date=October 2024}}
• RM-1 – Currently on Static display in Oshkosh Wisconsin. It previously served with the Belgian Air Force.{{cite web|title=FAA REGISTRY [N51973]|url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N51973|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=5 June 2017}}{{Needs verification|date=October 2024}}
• RM-9-C.51 stored outside at Anoka-Blaine airport Slated to be dismantled and moved to Nashville Michigan / Round Engine Aero.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
• C/N P66/0017{{Cn|date=October 2024}}

{{Cns|RM-2/OT-ZAB (BAF82), N51948 (Air America), N66PK, Puyallup/Thun Field, (WA USA), preserved near Taylor's Stateside Liquor Store, Neelyville, Missouri (MO, USA) Unmarked on display at Stateline Liquor Store in Neelyville, Missouri. It displays nose art of a Tequila bottle and the name "Tequila Sunrise".|date=October 2024}}

File:Percival Pembroke C1 3-view silhouette.jpg

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• Percival Merganser
• Percival Prince

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• Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer

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{{Reflist}}

• Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985) London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
• Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 (Volume 3). London: Putnam, 1974. {{ISBN|0-370-10014-X}}.
• Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|1-84037-141-2}}.
• Silvester, John. "Call to Arms: The Percival Sea Prince and Pembroke". Air Enthusiast, No. 55, Autumn 1994, pp. 56–61. {{ISSN|0143-5450}}
• Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. {{ISBN|0-85130-365-X}}.

{{commons category}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080302013157/http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/collections/aircraft/hunting-percival-pembroke-c1.cfm RAF museum]
• [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%201498.html Contemporary advert for Pembroke]
• [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%203017.html "Flight" 1954] cutaway drawing military mission roles

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