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71: 54: 192: 1007: 1015: 321:, Wiltshire, from 3 Flight AAC and the air troop of 15/19 Hussars and 5 Lt Regt RA. It was commanded by Maj Bill Duthoit, the Flt commanders being Capt J Orde and Capt Morley RA. Its allocated mission was to support army formations in the 206:(AOP) unit, and was composed of Polish officers and soldiers. The squadron was to spot for allied artillery units in that war zone. The unit left for the UK on 10 October 1946 and was formally disbanded on 29 October. 1047: 622: 397: 838: 689: 1042: 1037: 1010: 609: 884: 874: 861: 966: 566: 547: 525: 939: 618: 175: 988: 345: 536:
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Following a restructuring of Army Air Squadrons, 660 Squadron was redesignated as 663 Squadron, part of
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AH.1 turbine helicopter. On 1 January 1973, the unit was renamed
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near Stowmarket, Suffolk. In recent years it has replaced its
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had been formed in northern Italy on 14 August 1944, as an
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British Army
3 Regiment Army Air Corps
Wattisham Flying Station
Attack helicopter
Boeing AH-64E Apache
British Army
Army Air Corps

No. 663 Squadron
air observation post
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
RAF Hooton Park
RAF Ringway
RAF Llandow
RAF Llandow
RAF Hooton Park
RAF Hooton Park
Perham Down
Salisbury Plain
Bell Sioux
Westland Scout
3 Regiment Army Air Corps
Soest
Wattisham Flying Station
Westland Gazelles
Boeing AH-64 Apache
AgustaWestland Apache

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