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Formed at Old Sarum in Dec 1942 as an RAF Air Observation Post unit, it was initially equipped with Auster Is, then moved to Gatwick and exchanged them for Auster IIIs before embarking for North Africa. Several moves followed as 655 Squadron fought its way up the Italian mainland, providing a few detatchments for operation in Yugoslavia towards the end of WWII. It disbanded on 31 Aug 1945.  It re-formed as a rotary wing unit at Detmold in West Germany with the Alouette II in 1962. It later operated the Sioux AH.1 and the Beaver AL.1 while detatching to Northern Ireland in Feb 1957 for the first of 4 tours, before moving to Omagh from RAF Topcliffe in Dec 1979, bringing its Scout AH.1s and Gazelle AH.1s with it. During the summer of 1982, the Scout was replaced by the Lynx AH.1 and the unit moved to Shackleton Barracks at Ballykelly. A move to RAF Aldergrove took place in 1991 and around this time 655 Squadron relinquished its Gazelles to become a Lynx-only unit, re-equipping with the AH.7 variant later that year. 655 Squadron is part of 5 Regiment, Army Air Corps (5 REGT AAC). |
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| Years | Models | | 1982/now | Lynx |
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