Helicopters
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.
Locations | |
| Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
| 2013/ | AAC Dishforth | EGXD |
| 2001 |  Sarajevo | LQSA |
| 1995 |  Divulje Barracks Helipad | |
| 1993/13 |  Gütersloh | ETUO |
| 1978/93 | Hildesheim | EDVM |
| 1976/78 | Long Kesh | |
| 1969/78 | Detmold | EDLJ |
Models | Login to Edit | |
| 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 | Help Us | |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
| f.9649 | ah.1 | 1966 | XT643 : 661 Sq; 660 Sq | ||||
| 1177 | ah.1 | 1974 | XW896 : AAC; 1975 661Sqn. : present at Ahlhorn Air Show | ||||
| 1318 | ah.1 | 1975 | XX398 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland.; 661Sqn. | ||||
| 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. |  XZ338 : 1st Gazelle built at Weston-super-Mare, ff 28 Oct 1977, dd 16 Nov 1977 - G-CHZF : ex XZ338, to G-CHZF  MAAW-H23 : sold to Malawi, via South Africa. | |||
| 1698 | ah.1 | 1977 | XZ343 : 661 Sq, visited RAF Bruggen 28 Jul 1999 | ||||
 | 285 | ah1 | 1983 | ZD276 : 652 Sq; 661 Sq; 656 Sq; 671 Sq; 655 Sq | ZD276 : to Everett Aero . At some point, a Gazelle (unknown) tail unit was mated + ZD276 : to Mayhem Paintball Essex by Jul 2009 : pictured at Mayhem Paintball, Abridge with Gazelle tail and fenestron sec+ | ||
| 320 | ah7 | 1985 | ZE376 : 661Sqn. Tag der Heeresflieger | ||||
| 328 | ah7 | 1987 | ZE382 : w/o 09sep04 in Czech Rpublic, 661Sqn AH.9 type | ||||
Operations | |
| Dates | Operation | |
| may-13 | sep-13 |  Operation Herrick |
| jan-01 | 02-dec-04 | SFOR (stabilisation force) |
| 21-mar-92 | 20-dec-95 | UNPROFOR |
| dec-90 | mar-91 |  Operation Desert Shield/Storm |
