1968 to present


zimbabwe 8 Squadron

Air Force of Zimbabwe






Established for helos as general support and VIP support. Operate from ??? airport. Began operations with Alouette III helos in 1960s and continued with Agusta-Bell 205A & AB.412SP helos.



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Years Models
1983-    AB412SP
1978-    AB205





Construction Numbers (Not all in this unit)


C/N VersionBuiltIn this OrgIn other Org
4039 ab205a 6038: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rhodesia; 2006 str South Africa
4037 w/o -1 ab205a 6082: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rhodesia; w/o unk
4040 w/o 1980 ab205a 6084: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia; w/o 06jan80
6084: Stored at Manyame Air Base by Feb 1998. Supposedly to be for a future gat+
4050 ab205a 6088: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia
4051 w/o 1979 ab205a 6098: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia; w/o 03sep79
6098: 5 Sep 1979, shot down by RPG while collecting a casualty from Aldeia de Ba+
4052 ab205a 6180: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia
Royal Air Force of Oman 732: Royal Air Force of Oman, ex ZAF 6180
25518 w/o 1990 ab412sp 650: AB.412SP; ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 650, 1986?; asgd 8 Sqn, +
25519 ab412sp 651: AB.412SP; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 651, 1986; asgd 8 Sqn.
25520 ab412sp 652: AB.412SP; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 650, 1986?; asgd 8 Sqn.
25525 ab412sp 653: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 653, 1986?; asgd 8 Sqn
w/o 1988 ab412sp 654: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Froce as 654, unk; asgd 8 Sqn; w/+
ab412sp 655: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Froce as 655, unk; asgd 8 Sqn.
w/o 1988 ab412sp 656: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Froce as 656, unk; asgd 8 Sqn; w/+
ab412sp 657: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Froce as 657, unk; asgd 8 Sqn.
25556 ab412sp 1988 658: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 658, by Apr88; asgd 8 Sq+
25557 ab412sp 1988 659: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 659, by Apr88; asgd 8 Sq+
4036 w/o 1982 ab205a 6801: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rhodesia; w/o 14apr82
4042 ab205a 6805: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia; 2006 str South Africa
4049 w/o 1979 ab205a 6807: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia; w/o 10feb79
25515 ab412sp 1983 6811: AB.412SP, ordered 1986; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 6811, Aug83; asgd 8 Sqn
4035 ab205a 8600: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rhodesia; 2006 str South Africa
4047 ab205a 8606: Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia
Royal Air Force of Oman 733: Royal Air Force of Oman, ex ZAF 8606
- VH-UEI: Australia from Jun18
25516 ab412sp 1983 8612: AB.412SP; del Zimbabwe Air Force as 8612, Aug83; asgd 8 Sqn
w/o 2021 ab412sp ?: w/o AB412 unknown serial crashed killing 3 crew members and a child on the+
24 C/N found in this Organisation.






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