 665 squadron
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McMunn Barracks - previous home of 2 Light Regiment Royal Artillery  Formed on 22 Jan 1945 at Andover (EGWA) in Hampshire as one of the last fixed wing Air Observation Post units and the second RCAF AOP unit, with mixed (RCAF and Army) personnel and deployed to the Netherlands within 3 months, disbanding shortly after VE Day on 10 Jul 1945. It enjoyed a longer life the second time around as 655 Aviation Squadron of the Army Air Corps, reforming at Munn Barracks, Colchester from the amalgamation of 19 Brigade Flight (attached to 1 Royal Horse Artillery) and the Air Platoon of 1 Prince of Wales Own on 1 Oct 1969. It inherited Sioux AH.1 and Scout AH.1 from those units and deployed a Scout detatchment to Aldergrove (EGAA) in Jun 1971. It was to visit Northern Ireland regularly over the next 6 years. It was retitled 655 Squadron, AAC on 1 Jan 1973 and became 657 Squadron on 1 Apr 1978. It reformed again at RAF Aldergrove on 12 Mar 1986, joining the AAC Northern Ireland Regiment, with its Gazelle AH.1 and Lynx AH.1. To recognise its Canadian origins, a new badge with a Maple leaf was used. It relinquished its Lynx AH.7s in 1991 and operated over 20 Gazelles in 3 Flights, making it one of the largest AAC operational units. 665 Squadron is a constituent of 5 Regiment, Army Air Corps (5 REGT AAC), which took over from the AAC Northern Ireland Regiment in 1993. |
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