Hunting-Percival Pembroke, Prince & Sea Prince
“The Spy Who Loved Me”. What does a classic James Bond film have to do with the Hunting-Percival Pembroke, Prince, and Sea Prince? The Pembroke was used as a spy plane.
The latest title in the Warpaint Series focuses on the Pembroke, Prince, and Sea Prince and provides a thorough look at this British, high-wing utility aircraft. The text is organized by headings, starting with a brief history of Hunting-Percival and then moving into the development of each type, foreign users, demobilized aircraft and aircraft for sale, and finally a survivors listing. Each section provides an in-depth look at each variant as well as the units that operated each type.
The book is filled with photographs, captions, tables with variants and specifications, three view drawings, interior details, and a large section of color profiles. The most fascinating section to me covers the use of the Pembroke as a spy plane during the Cold War as well as its final use and demise as a drug-running aircraft.
I can highly recommend this book to anyone that has an interest in a unique, but obscure aircraft that has some fascinating history attached to it. Thank you to Guideline Publications for the review sample.

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