No. 668 Squadron AAC

No. 668 (Training) Squadron AAC No. 668 Squadron RAF
Active	16 November 1944 – 10 November 1945 (RAF) Unknown - 1971 June 1990 - present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army Air Corps
Part of	2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps
Garrison/HQ	AAC Middle Wallop

Military unit

No. 668 Squadron AAC is squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps. It was previously a glider squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War as part of No. 229 Group RAF, South East Asia Command.^[1]

History

No. 668 Squadron RAF was formed on 16 November 1944 at Calcutta, (then) British India as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for airborne operations by South East Asia Command.^[2] It continued to train, as part of No. 343 Wing RAF, until the surrender of Japan, when it became surplus to requirements. The squadron was disbanded on 10 November 1945 at Fateh Jang.^[2]

Today

No. 668 Squadron AAC was formed as 668 Aviation Squadron operating Bell Sioux AH.1s and de Havilland Canada Beaver AL.1 before being disbanded during 1971. It was reformed during June 1990 at Middle Wallop as part of the School of Army Aviation, the squadron joined 2 Regiment when it was formed on 1 September 1994.^[3]

The squadron is responsible for the groundcrew training that includes re-arming, refueling and ground maneuvers of the Boeing AH-64E Apache.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 668 Squadron RAF, data from^[2]
From	To	Aircraft	Version
February 1945	April 1945	Waco Hadrian
August 1945	November 1945	de Havilland Tiger Moth	Mk.II

Squadron bases

Bases and airfields used by no. 669 Squadron RAF, data from^[2]^[4]
From	To	Base
16 November 1944	4 February 1945	Calcutta, Bengal, British India
4 February 1945	30 April 1945	Lalaghat/Rajyeswarpur, Bengal, British India
30 April 1945	28 June 1945	Belgaum, Karnataka, British India
28 June 1945	5 July 1945	Fatehjang, Punjab, British India
5 July 1945	21 August 1945	Upper Topa Camp, Punjab, British India
21 August 1945	10 November 1945	Fatehjang, Punjab, British India

References

Notes

^ Delve 1994, p. 84
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Halley 1988, p. 452.
^ "668 Squadron". British Army Units from 1945 On. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ Jefford 2001, pp. 266–271.

Bibliography

Delve, Ken (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
Halley, James J. (1988). The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, C.G. (2001). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.). Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

External links

History of No.'s 651–670 Squadrons at RAF Web

Army Air Corps (units)

Airfields

Regular
units

Brigades	1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team
1 Regiment	No. 651 Squadron AAC No. 652 Squadron AAC No. 659 Squadron AAC No. 661 Squadron AAC
3 Regiment	HQ Squadron No. 653 Squadron AAC No. 662 Squadron AAC No. 663 Squadron AAC
4 Regiment	No. 656 Squadron AAC No. 664 Squadron AAC
5 Regiment	No. 665 Squadron AAC No. 29 (BATUS) Flight AAC (Alberta, Canada)

Army reserve units

6 Regiment	No. 675 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC No. 677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron AAC No. 678 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC No. 679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron AAC

Training
units

2 (Training) Regiment	No. 668 (Training) Squadron AAC No. 676 Squadron AAC
7 (Training) Regiment	No. 671 Squadron AAC No. 673 Squadron AAC
9 Regiment	No. 670 Squadron AAC