Percival P.31C Proctor 4

Percival Proctor P-5 was one of six such aircraft taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force in 1947-48 to serve with 367sq/169Wing as communications aircraft and navigator trainer.

Percival P.31C Proctor 4

Single engine communications aircraft

In 1947 6 Percival Proctors were procured to ensure the training of wireless operators and observers. Very soon the Avro Anson was preferred for the specific training of wireless operators and the main task of the Proctor became that of communications aircraft at the 169th Wing later becoming the 15th Wing. Only the Radio-School, a section of the Technical School of Saffraanberg used a Proctor for the training of its radio-telegraph students. In 1954 with the modernisation of the air assets of the Belgian Air Force the remaining Proctors were either sold on the civilian market or scrapped. One aircraft is preserved at the Brussels’ Royal Army Museum.

Picture	*Serial*	*c/n*	Date In	Date Out	History
	P-1	H.721	Jun 1947	Jul 1954	NP350 5RAF), P-1, OO-LVO, crashed in Germany on 24 Nov 1956.
	P-2	H-589	Jun 1947	Jul 1954	NP182 (RAF), P-2, OO-FEB, used for fire-fighting training at Grimbergen.
	P-3	H-575	Jun 1947	Dec 1953	NP168 (RAF), P-3, scrapped at Evere
	P-4	H-578	Jun 1947	Aug 1951	NP171 (RAF), P-4, preserved at the Royal Army Museum, Brussels.
	P-5	H-571	Oct 1947	Jul 1954	NP164 (RAF), P-5, OO-ARH
	P-6	H.654	Mar 1948	Dec 1953	NP270 (RAF), P-6, scrapped at Evere.