Hunting Percival P-66 Pembroke C.1. (WV740)
The Percival P.66 Pembroke is a British military light transport aircraft, built between 1952 and 1958 by the Percival Aircraft Company, later Hunting Percival Aircraft Ltd. at Luton Airport.
The Royal Air Force placed an order for the Pembroke C.1 in September 1951. The prototype flew on 21 November 1952 and the aircraft entered service with the RAF in 1953. 44 C.1s were built. Six Pembroke C(PR).1s were supplied for aerial photography and two C.1s were converted to the same standard. The RAF's Pembrokes were refurbished in 1970 to extend their service life. The last Pembrokes were withdrawn from service in 1988.
The aircraft in the photo:
This is a P-66 Pembroke C1 produced in 1955 by Hunting Percival, construction number PAC/66/027.
I took this photo on 10 June 2018 during the Royal Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow at RAF Cosford.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…