1943 to present


united kingdom 661 Squadron

Army Air Corps




Part of 1 Regiment, AAC






Reformed as an Army Air Corps squadron on 24 Nov 1969 at Detmold.
Reformed on 1 Mar 1978 by renumbering 657 Squadron.
During the first half of 2001, maintained a detachment from Gutersloh, of 2x Lynx AH.9 at Sarajevo.




661 was Recce Sqn and only flew Gazelle helicopters. When I arrived in 1984 Major Walsh was OC and in 95 we did a 6 month tour of NI at Aldergrove.




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  Locations


YearsLocationICAO/FAA
2013-    AAC DishforthEGXD
2001BA SarajevoLQSA
1995HR Divulje Barracks Helipad
1993/13DE GüterslohETUO
1978/93DE HildesheimEDVM
1976/78Long Kesh closed 1979
1969/78DE DetmoldEDLJ


helicopter   Models


Years Models
2011/14 Lynx
2011/15 Lynx AH9A
2004/11 Lynx Lynx AH9
1993/05 Lynx Lynx AH7
1978/93 Lynx Lynx AH1
1977/00 SA341B Gazelle AH.1
1969/79 Scout Scout AH.1




661 Squadron List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
f.9649 ah.1 1966 XT643 : 661 Sq; 660 Sq
1005 ah.1 1972 XW844 : noted at Gutersloh.
Vector Aerospace XW844
1177 w/o 1982 ah.1 1974 XW896 : AAC; 1975 661Sqn.
: present at Ahlhorn Air Show
1276 ah.1 1974 XX384 : noted at Gutersloh.
- XX384
1318 ah.1 1975 XX398 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland.; 661Sqn.
030 ah1 1977 XZ175 : noted at Gutersloh.
- XZ175
100 ah1 1978 XZ197 : noted at Gutersloh.
107 ah1 1979 XZ203 : AAC; 1992 type:Lynx AH7 653Sqn.; 1997 671Sqn./Z; 1998 671Sqn.; 2000 671Sqn+
138 ah1 1979 XZ216 : AAC in 1987 653Sqn. ; 2000 type:AH7 661Sqn.
1682 ah.1 1977 XZ338 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 1998 661Sqn.
uganda air force 301
- VH-OIZ
Westland XZ338
- G-CHZF
1698 ah.1 1977 XZ343 : noted at Gutersloh.
: 661 Sq, visited RAF Bruggen 28 Jul 1999
168 ah1 1980 XZ617 : noted at Gutersloh.
201 ah1 1980 XZ653 M : noted at Gutersloh.
285 w/o 2007 ah1 1983 ZD276 : 652 Sq; 661 Sq; 656 Sq; 671 Sq; 655 Sq
Everett Aero ZD276
Mayhem Paintball ZD276
320 ah7 1985 ZE376 : 661Sqn. Tag der Heeresflieger
328 w/o 2004 ah7 1987 ZE382 : w/o 09sep04 in Czech Rpublic, 661Sqn AH.9 type




  661 Squadron Operations


Dates Operation
2013-may2013-sep AF Operation Herrick
2001-jan BA SFOR (stabilisation force)
BA UNPROFOR
1990-dec1991-mar IQ Operation Desert Shield/Storm





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