Percival Proctor
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| Type: | Training and liaison aircraft |
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| First flight: |
October 8, 1939 |
| Number of pieces: |
1143 |
The Percival Proctor is the military derivative of the Percival Vega Gull . It was primarily used as a communication and training machine.
The first flight of the three-seat machine took place in 1939 and 245 pieces of the Proctor I were subsequently delivered to the Royal Air Force . The Proctor II and III followed later. The further developed Proctor IV had space for four people.
variants
- P. 28 Proctor I: three-seat liaison, radio and navigation training aircraft for the Royal Air Force , 147 built
- P. 28 Proctor IA: three-seat training aircraft with double controls for training on deck landings and as a training aircraft for radio operators of the Fleet Air Arm with stowage space for a rubber dinghy and marine instruments, 100 built
- P. 29 Proctor: An aircraft was experimentally converted into a light bomber, the bombs were placed under the wings
- P. 30 Proctor II: three-seat training aircraft for radio operators, 175 built (including 112 IIA aircraft for the Royal Navy)
- P. 34 Proctor III: three-seat training aircraft for radio operators of Bomber Command , built 437
- P.31 Proctor IV: four-seat training aircraft with enlarged fuselage, 258 built
- Proctor 5: four-seater small civil aircraft, 150 built. RAF designation was Proctor C.Mk 5
- Proctor 6: equipped with floats, 1 built
Production numbers
The Proctor was built in the UK at Percival in Luton and Hills & Sons, Trafford Park.
| version | Percival | Hills | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mk I | 336 | 25th | 361 |
| Mk II | 100 | 100 | |
| Mk III | 437 | 437 | |
| Mk IV | 6th | 245 | 251 |
| total | 342 | 807 | 1149 |
| year | number |
|---|---|
| 1939 | 18th |
| 1940 | 309 |
| 1941 | 75 |
| 1942 | 240 |
| 1943 | 258 |
| 1944 | 183 |
| until July 31, 1945 | 66 |
| total | 1149 |
Military use
- Belgian Air Components - 4 P.31C were delivered in June 1947, one in October and one in March 1948
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- Flyvevåbnet 6 P.44 Mk. III from November 1945 to November 1951. This was the first aircraft of the Danish Air Force after the Second World War .
- Royal Netherlands Air Force - one Mk III was delivered in June 1946, and 10 Proctor IV in June 1947, these were in service as liaison aircraft until 1953
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- Polish armed forces in the west use some machines as liaison aircraft
- Czechoslovak Air Force in Exile 1 machine was used from 1944 to 1945
- United States Army Air Forces - Loaned from the RAF as a liaison aircraft in the UK
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| length | 8.59 m |
| span | 12.04 m |
| height | 2.21 m |
| Wing area | 18.77 m² |
| Empty mass | 1075 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1588 kg |
| Cruising speed | 225 km / h |
| Top speed | 257 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 4265 m |
| Range | 805 km |
| Engine | 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Queen II with 157 kW (213 PS) |
Web links
Commons : Percival Proctor - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b National Archives, Kew, stock AVIA 10/311
- ^ Paul A. Jackson: Belgian Military Aviation 1945-1977. Midland Counties Publications (1977). ISBN 0-904597-06-7 . P. 5
- ^ Paul A. Jackson: Dutch Military Aviation 1945–1978. Midland Counties Publications (1978). ISBN 0-904597-11-3 . P. 96